Join Paul and Aaron for Episode 299 of The Fin Factor as we talk about the San Jose Sharks' 3-2 overtime win in St. Louis, where Darnell Nurse scored his first goal as a Shark on a beautiful pass from 19-year-old Ivar Stenberg. Tyler Toffoli and Collin Graf also scored, Kiefer Sherwood made a game-saving block in the final minute, and Alex Nedeljkovic held the fort through a tough first period. We break down Ryan Warsofsky's postgame comments on Will Smith playing center without Macklin Celebrini, Sam Dickinson's bounce-back game, and the power play shakeup.

Plus, Celebrini scores against the Edmonton Oilers, and we dig into the analytics in our Good, the Bad, and the Ugly segment. The Sharks are 3-2 with all three wins coming in overtime, but they rank last in the NHL in expected goals share and high-danger chances. We look at Yaroslav Askarov on the penalty kill, the fastest and slowest skaters on the roster, the defense pairs, and which forward lines are actually driving play.

We also preview a busy week ahead: Frozen Frenzy against the Boston Bruins on national TV, then road games at Nashville, Detroit, and Toronto.

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Join Paul and Aaron for Episode 298 of The Fin Factor as we talk about the San Jose Sharks opening the season with back-to-back overtime wins over the Florida Panthers and LA Kings, plus our reaction to tonight's game against the Dallas Stars. Macklin Celebrini has 5 assists through two games, Will Smith and Igor Chernyshov are finding the back of the net, and the power play is rolling.

We dig into the analytics with The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: why the floodgates are about to open for Celebrini and Smith, a dominant top power play unit, and Darnell Nurse and Michael Kesselring looking like a legit top pair. On the other side: Dmitry Orlov and Luca Cagnoni getting caved at 5v5, a leaky penalty kill, and why the Chernyshov, Michael Misa and Tyler Toffoli line is due for regression. We also check in on the Calder Trophy race, break down how the new look blue line and breakouts differ from last season, and compare the top two picks from the 2026 NHL Draft, Gavin McKenna and Ivar Stenberg.

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Join Paul and Aaron for Episode 297 of The Fin Factor as we talk about the San Jose Sharks naming Macklin Celebrini the 11th full time captain in Sharks history, the last week’s preseason games against the Anaheim Ducks and the Vegas Golden Knights, our always accurate predictions for the season, the Sharks new goal song ideas, and we take your questions and comments live!