With the NHL trade deadline approaching, the Tampa Bay Lightning are shaping up to be buyers again. Tampa Bay has been one of the busiest teams at the trade deadline over the past few seasons, trading for Blake Coleman and Barclay Goodrow during their Stanley Cup runs.

Macklin Celebrini scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, Yaroslav Askarov stopped a penalty shot and the San Jose Sharks beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 to snap a six-game losing streak.

NHL: San Jose Sharks continue homestand on Saturday against the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers

Steven Stamkos, Gustav Nyquist, and Tommy Novak scored for the Predators (18-22-7), who have won five straight. Brady Skjei had three assists, and Justus Annunen made 30 saves.

It looks like Will Smith has worked his way from getting benched to the first line. Smith skated with center Mikael Granlund and winger Fabian Zetterlund this morning at UBS Arena, before the San Jose Sharks take on the New York Islanders tonight.

The San Jose Sharks welcome the Nashville Predators into SAP Center…two nights after they blew a 5-1 lead in Nashville, en route to a 7-5 Predators victory. Walker Duehr and Mario Ferraro and Henry Thrun and Fabian Zetterlund and Macklin Celebrini scored,

Filip Forsberg scored twice to extend his goals streak to seven games, Fedor Svechkov broke a tie on a power-play midway through the third period and the Nashville Predators beat the San Jose Sharks 6-5 on Thursday night for their fifth straight victory.

Macklin Celebrini scored his NHL rookie-leading 15th goal and Mario Ferraro his career-high fifth for the Sharks in Thursday's 6-5 loss to the visiting Predators.

SAN JOSE – Fights ... Mikael Granlund had three assists, and Mario Ferraro and Nikolai Kovalenko had two points each for the Sharks, who allowed three power-play goals en route to losing ...

NHL: San Jose Sharks continue homestand on Saturday against the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers

The Sharks' spirited comeback against the Predators fell short Thursday night, but Luke Kunin, Barclay Goodrow and Ty Dellandrea bring something to San Jose's roster that often has lacked: fight.