The Sharks arrive at the season’s midway point in 31st place in the league standings. Perhaps they should have more than 30 points at this juncture, but they’re hoping Thursday’s win can be a springboard to better things, especially if they can develop a blueprint for closing out games.

The Philadelphia Flyers improved to 17-17-4 as they shut out the San Jose Sharks (11-23-6) in their last game of 2024. Nick Seeler, Ryan Poehling, Travis Konecny, and Egor Zamula all scored the Flyers.

Tyler Toffoli and Mario Ferraro scored and the San Jose Sharks snapped an eight-game winless streak by beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1.

Mario Ferraro produced a fight and the game-winning goal, Marc-Edouard Vlasic notched a point in his season debut and the San Jose Sharks broke an eight-game losing streak by edging the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Thursday.

Ryan Warsofsky believes his San Jose Sharks showed "what it takes to win" after snapping their eight-game losing streak in a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning.