Sharks make dubious history by going winless through 8 games for 2nd straight season

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The San Jose Sharks made some unfavorable history Thursday night, having failed to win any of their first eight games in consecutive seasons after a 3-2 loss to the Los Angeles Kings.

San Jose is the first team to hold that dubious distinction since the Boston Bruins in the 1960-61 and 1961-62 campaigns. The Sharks are 0-6-2 this season after opening last season 0-10-1.

First-year coach Ryan Warsofsky said the team could not allow such failings to become acceptable.

“This is the National Hockey League,” Warsofsky said. “This is the best league in the world, and if you don’t have joy in playing this game, then you’re in the wrong business and you’re on the wrong team, and we’ll weed those guys right out.”

Poor starts have become all too commonplace for San Jose, having been outscored 12-4 in the first period. Mikael Granlund scored on the power play in the second and third periods to make it a game late, but Warsofsky said the 3-0 deficit in the first was too big a deficit to overcome.

Warsofsky also was critical of the lack of carryover in performance from game to game.

“We need a lot of guys to step up,” Warsofsky said. “Be more consistent night after night, and we’re just not getting that at all. A lot of passengers. And when one guy’s going, the next night he’s not going, so we got to find some consistency in our game.”

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San Jose Sharks defenseman Jake Walman (96) shoots during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Los Angeles Kings, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)

San Jose Sharks left wing William Eklund (72) looks to pass the puck while Los Angeles Kings defenseman Joel Edmundson (6) defends during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)

San Jose Sharks defenseman Mario Ferraro (38) skates the puck past Los Angeles Kings left wing Trevor Moore (12) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s motorcade took a different route than usual to the airport as he was departing Florida on Sunday due to a “suspicious object,” according to the White House.

The object, which the White House did not describe, was discovered during security sweeps in advance of Trump’s arrival at Palm Beach International Airport.

“A further investigation was warranted and the presidential motorcade route was adjusted accordingly,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Sunday.

The president, when asked about the package by reporters, said, “I know nothing about it.”

Trump left his Palm Beach, Florida, club, Mar-a-Lago, around 6:20 p.m. for the roughly 10-minute drive to the airport, but took a circular route around the city to get there.

During the drive, police officers on motorcycles created a moving blockade for the motorcade, at one point almost colliding with the vans that accompanied Trump.

Air Force One was parked on the opposite side of the airport from where it is usually located and the lights outside the plane were turned off.

Anthony Guglielmi, the spokesman for U.S. Secret Service, said the secondary route was taken just as a precaution and that “that is standard protocol.”

President Donald Trump departs Trump International Golf Club in the presidential limousine, known as The Beast, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)