Georgiev will protect the road crease Tuesday against the ... and it won't get any easier against one of the hottest teams in the NHL on Tuesday. Detroit has won seven consecutive games and only lost once since Todd McLellan took over as head coach Dec ...

Georgiev will tend the twine on the road against Columbus on Thursday, Mark Scheig of The Hockey Writers reports. Georgiev snapped a six-game losing streak Tuesday against Detroit, and he'll attempt to stay hot in his second consecutive start Thursday.

It was just his second win in eight starts in San Jose. Georgiev has been a workhorse over the past few years, but the wheels have come completely off his game. He's 10-13-0 in 25 starts with a combined 3.44 GAA and .879 save percentage. Start Georgiev at your own peril.

The up-and-down campaign of Detroit Red Wings goalie Ville Husso is re-entering the down cycle. Following Saturday’s 5-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Wings were reassigning Husso to the AHL Grand Rapids Griffins.

That ended the Red Wings' seven-game winning streak that began Dec. 29, halting the progress the Wings (20-19-4) had made in climbing closer to the Eastern Conference playoff picture.

The Sharks led 4-2 midway through the third period before the Red Wings scored off a set play on a faceoff against Celebrini’s line with Toffoli and Eklund. Dylan Larkin controlled the draw against Celebrini inside the Sharks’ zone and quickly got the puck over to Lucas Raymond, who beat Georgiev to cut San Jose’s lead to one at the 9:56 mark.

William Eklund had a goal and two assists and the San Jose Sharks ended Detroit's seven-game winning streak, beating the Red Wings 6-3.

William Eklund, Mikael Granlund, Tyler Toffoli, and Mario Ferraro all scored third-period goals to help lead the San Jose Sharks to a 6-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday to open a five-game road trip.

Eklund and linemate Macklin Celebrini also had two assists each, and goalie Alexandar Georgiev made 25 saves ... The game marked Jake Walman’s return to Detroit, where he spent two-plus seasons ...

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San Jose Sharks goalie Yaroslav Askarov won't start for the third straight game against the New York Islanders tonight. Askarov last started Jan. 11 against the Minnesota Wild, making three starts in the last four games.

Georgiev surrendered four goals on 31 shots in Saturday's 4-1 loss to the Islanders. This game appeared to have been trending toward a low-scoring affair after the opening stanza, but the Islanders blitzed Georgiev for three goals in the middle frame.