While Donato avoided being traded, his future remains very much up in the air as a pending UFA coming off a career year.

Donato provided an assist, six shots on goal and two hits in Thursday's 4-2 loss to the Sharks.

SAN JOSE -- Collin Graf scored twice, and Will Smith had a goal and an assist to lead the San Jose Sharks to a 4-2 win ...

Contending teams should've coveted Ryan Donato as a pending free agent, but he remained with the Blackhawks through the trade ...

Bedard spent most of the final 11 minutes of Thursday's game stuck in the penalty box after an unusual "abuse of officials" ...

The Chicago Blackhawks took on the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center on Thursday night. It was the first matchup between the last ...

Collin Graf scored two goals and Will Smith had a goal and an assist in the San Jose Sharks' 4-2 win over the visiting ...

BOTTOM LINE: The San Jose Sharks look to end a three-game slide when they play the Chicago Blackhawks. San Jose has a 9-20-2 record at home and a 17-40-9 record overall. The Sharks are ninth in the ...

Chicago is on a two-game losing streak and is last in the Central Division. The Blackhawks are led by Connor Bedard's 52 points, Teuvo Teravainen's 50 points, Ryan Donato's 48 points and Tyler ...

TOP PERFORMERS: Tyler Toffoli has 24 goals and 18 assists for the Sharks. William Eklund has four goals and five assists over the past 10 games. Ryan Donato has 23 goals and 25 assists for the ...

Things could be looking up for the Chicago Blackhawks after a couple of miserable National Hockey League campaigns.