Jason Demers Rumors & News

Fear The Fin Player Card (click to enlarge; a glossary of terms used can be found here; all data courtesy Behind the Net, Hockey Analysis, Time On Ice, CapGeek and NHL.com; stick tap to Japers' Rink): Demers with and without his most frequent defense partners: 2013 Sharks 5v5 Defenseman Usage Chart (via Hockey Abstract): Demers' Past Four Seasons (via Hockey Analysis): The Good: When he drew into the lineup, which itself was a relatively rare occurrence, Jason Demers at times showed flashes of the defenseman who proved to be one of the Sharks' best two seasons ago. The skillset ...

Even-strength statistics Player TOI Corsi For Corsi Against Corsi +/- Chances For Chances Against Chances +/- Jason Demers 3.7 2 3 -1 0 0 +0 Brad Stuart 14.3 12 21 -9 2 3 -1 Joe Pavelski 15.6 11 19 -8 4 6 -2 Andrew Desjardins 7.8 5 10 -5 0 1 -1 Patrick Marleau 16.4 10 18 -8 4 6 -2 James Sheppard 11.9 12 18 -6 2 1 +1 Joe Thornton 14.7 11 10 +1 2 3 -1 T.J. Galiardi 13.1 10 16 -6 0 3 -3 Dan Boyle 19.8 13 29 -16 2 9 -7 Scott Gomez 13.8 8 19 -11 0 4 -4 Scott Hannan 12.2 12 15 -3 2 1 +1 Bracken Kearns 6.6 5 6 -1 0 2 -2 Logan Couture 16.5 11 15 -4 4 ...

Adam Burish also could return before series with Los Angeles Kings ends

Despite venturing into enemy territory, despite losing Martin Havlat midway through the first period, despite a prior injury to Jason Demers forcing them to ice a pairing of Scott Hannan and Brad Stuart and despite what appeared from most angles to be an own-goal as disastrous as it was fluky, a Sharks team that has been historically criticized for lacking the ill-defined but all-important quality of playoff resiliency manufactured just that in a 3-1 Game 1 victory over Vancouver. They're now leading their first-round series against the Canucks. Perhaps as important is the fact that th...

Even-strength statistics Player TOI Corsi For Corsi Against Corsi +/- Chances For Chances Against Chances +/- Jason Demers 15.7 16 17 -1 1 3 -2 Brad Stuart 22.2 21 25 -4 3 3 +0 Joe Pavelski 16.1 14 14 +0 3 3 +0 Martin Havlat 14.1 14 17 -3 6 2 +4 Andrew Desjardins 14.3 11 12 -1 0 0 +0 Patrick Marleau 15.5 14 21 -7 6 2 +4 Raffi Torres 15.9 13 12 +1 3 3 +0 Joe Thornton 13.1 14 16 -2 1 2 -1 T.J. Galiardi 14.4 15 15 +0 1 2 -1 Dan Boyle 19.5 23 20 +3 5 2 +3 Scott Gomez 12.9 11 11 +0 0 0 +0 Adam Burish 15.2 14 13 +1 1 0 +1 Logan Couture 15.8 13 18 -5...

San Jose Sharks' Logan Couture (39) celebrates his goal against the Phoenix Coyotes with teammates Jason Demers (5), Brad Stuart (7), Martin Havlat (9), of the Czech Republic, and Patrick Marleau (12) in the second period during an NHL hockey game, on Monday, April 15, 2013 in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Even-strength statistics Player TOI Corsi For Corsi Against Corsi +/- Chances For Chances Against Chances +/- Jason Demers 15.5 12 9 +3 2 1 +1 Brad Stuart 17.2 21 13 +8 2 3 -1 Joe Pavelski 14.8 15 12 +3 5 3 +2 Martin Havlat 15.5 25 5 +20 2 0 +2 Andrew Desjardins 9.4 10 9 +1 0 2 -2 Patrick Marleau 16.9 25 7 +18 3 1 +2 Raffi Torres 13.6 13 9 +4 3 1 +2 Joe Thornton 13.5 14 4 +10 5 1 +4 T.J. Galiardi 13.4 15 7 +8 4 2 +2 Dan Boyle 19.1 25 14 +11 5 5 +0 Scott Gomez 10.0 11 9 +2 0 2 -2 Adam Burish 7.9 8 9 -1 0 1 -1 Logan Couture 17.5 23 7 +16 2 1 +1 ...

Even-strength statistics Player TOI Corsi For Corsi Against Corsi +/- Chances For Chances Against Chances +/- Jason Demers 16.3 15 14 +1 2 2 +0 Brad Stuart 18.3 11 19 -8 3 4 -1 Joe Pavelski 13.9 5 16 -11 2 2 +0 Martin Havlat 13.9 10 15 -5 4 3 +1 Andrew Desjardins 8.4 6 9 -3 1 3 -2 Patrick Marleau 13.9 10 13 -3 2 3 -1 Raffi Torres 11.9 12 8 +4 4 0 +4 Joe Thornton 14.9 13 6 +7 3 0 +3 T.J. Galiardi 13.5 5 14 -9 2 2 +0 Dan Boyle 17.6 10 19 -9 3 3 +0 Scott Gomez 10.8 8 13 -5 2 3 -1 Adam Burish 9.8 5 16 -11 1 3 -2 Logan Couture 15.7 13 10 +3 3 4 -1 ...