SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 8: San Jose Sharks’ Nikolai Knyzhov (71) waits for a face-off against the Colorado Avalanche in the third period at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, March 8, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
There were enough feel-good stories to go around for the San Jose Sharks in their 3-2 overtime win over the Winnipeg Jets. None was better than Nikolai Knyzhov’s return to the NHL.
Following a string of injuries, surgeries, and setbacks over the previous 22 months, Knyzhov on Monday, one day after he was recalled from the AHL, played his first