Columbus is 29-34-0-6 all-time, and 10-21-0-3 on the road in San Jose. The Jackets are 9-3-1 in the last 13 games, and 5-0-1 in the last 6. The Blue Jackets are 6-3-1 in their last 10 games at SAP Center.

Klingberg was injured in the Sharks’ New Year’s Eve game against the Minnesota Wild and did not play in Saturday’s home game against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Defenseman Timothy Liljegren stepped into the lineup for the Sharks on Saturday in what became a 7-3 loss to the Lightning.

The San Jose Sharks effectively took a trade target off the market by signing him to a contract extension on Sunday.

Klingberg has been sidelined since New Year’s Eve, when the Sharks earned a 4–3 shootout victory over the Minnesota Wild. The Swedish defenseman reportedly sustained a lower-body injury in that game, forcing him to miss San Jose’s matchup against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday, a 7–3 loss at SAP Center.

Nikita Kucherov scored his 20th goal of the season on a second-period power play and added four assists, Darren Raddysh had a hat trick and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the San Jose Sharks 7–3 on Saturday.

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The Sharks have eight other players, including five defensemen, who can become an unrestricted free agent this summer. The most high-profile pending UFAs include defensemen Mario Ferraro, John Klingberg and Timothy Liljegren, forwards Ryan Reaves and Jeff Skinner and goalie Alex Nedeljkovic.

Macklin Celebrini is making history in ways that put him in the same conversation as Wayne Gretzky and Sidney Crosby. The San Jose Sharks rookie has factored in