Devin Setoguchi

(Reuters) - Kyle Brodziak finally broke the deadlock with the game-clinching goal in a six-round shootout as the Minnesota Wild outlasted the Edmonton Oilers in a 3-2 thriller on Wednesday.

(Reuters) - Kyle Brodziak finally broke the deadlock with the game-clinching goal in a six-round shootout as the Minnesota Wild outlasted the Edmonton Oilers in a 3-2 thriller on Wednesday.

(Reuters) - Kyle Brodziak finally broke the deadlock in a six-round shootout with the game-clinching goal as the Minnesota Wild outlasted the Edmonton Oilers in a 3-2 thriller on Wednesday.

SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - The San Jose Sharks continued their busy offseason overhaul by swapping Dany Heatley for fellow forward Martin Havlat in a trade with the Minnesota Wild on Sunday.

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (Reuters) - The Edmonton Oilers stuck to the script by taking Canadian center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins with the number one pick but it was otherwise a night of surprises at the NHL draft Friday.

TORONTO (Reuters) - The Vancouver Canucks and San Jose Sharks may have advanced to the Western Conference finals but their Stanley Cup demons have not vanished as memories of past NHL playoff failures continue to haunt both cities.

Forward Patrick Marleau made the most of his first point of the series, banging in a rebound late in the game as San Jose edged Detroit 3-2 in game seven of their second round series.

SAN JOSE (Reuters) - The San Jose Sharks avoided a major collapse by holding off the resilient Detroit Red Wings to reach the Western Conference Finals with a tense 3-2 Game Seven win on Thursday.

TAMPA BAY (Reuters) - The Tampa Bay Lightning completed a shock 4-0 sweep of Eastern top seeds Washington on Wednesday, while Boston and San Jose each took 3-0 series leads to move one win away from reaching the Conference finals.

SAN JOSE (Reuters) - The San Jose Sharks blitzed the Los Angeles Kings 6-1 on Monday to win the Pacific Division for the fourth consecutive year.

Setoguchi scores birthday goal, Niemi backstops Sharks' 1-0 win over Kings. Antti Niemi posted his ninth NHL shutout with 29 saves, and Devin Setoguchi scored on his 24th birthday to lead the San Jose Sharks to a 1-0 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night.

Brodziak scores twice, Wild have 3 third-period goals to top Sharks 5-3. Kyle Brodziak scored twice and Brent Burns had the winner in the Minnesota Wild's 5-3 comeback victory over the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday night.

Kings use 4 third-period goals, strong night from Quick to beat Sharks 4-0. Trevor Lewis broke up a scoreless game early in the third period and Jonathan Quick made 24 saves for his fourth shutout this season, leading the Los Angeles Kings to a 4-0 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Monday night.

Rookie Logan Couture scores twice to lead Sharks to 4-1 victory over Blues. Rookie Logan Couture scored twice to lead the San Jose Sharks to a 4-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night.

Logan Couture's overtime goal gives San Jose Sharks 4-3 victory over Dallas Stars. Logan Couture's power-play goal 1:20 into overtime gave the San Jose Sharks a 4-3 victory over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night.

Zetterberg has 2 goals, 2 assists as Red Wings beat Sharks 5-3 in playoff payback. Henrik Zetterberg batted a puck out of the air from the slot for one of his two goals that helped the Detroit Red Wings get a small token of revenge for last season's playoff elimination, beating the San Jose Sharks 5-3 Tuesday night.

Samuelsson scores twice, Luongo makes 32 saves in Canucks' 6-1 win over Sharks. Raffi Torres and Mikael Samuelsson scored 1:48 apart early in the second period, and Samuelsson added another goal in the third in the Vancouver Canucks' 6-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Friday night.

With Niemi on their side, Sharks finally beat Blackhawks 5-2. Antti Niemi made 30 saves in his first game against the Chicago Blackhawks since leading them to the Stanley Cup championship last season to help the San Jose Sharks snap a three-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory on Wednesday night.

Marleau leads Sharks' scoring barrage in 6-3 win over Kings, snapping LA's 6-game streak. Patrick Marleau had a goal and two assists, Dany Heatley added a key power-play goal and the San Jose Sharks snapped the Los Angeles Kings' six-game winning streak with a 6-3 victory Monday night.

Hiller keeps Ducks in game long enough for Visnovsky to score OT winner in 3-2 win over Sharks. Lubomir Visnovsky scored with 32.6 seconds remaining in overtime to help the Anaheim Ducks win their fourth straight game, 3-2 over the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night.