SAN JOSE — The San Jose Sharks acquired defenseman Vincent Desharnais from the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday in exchange for a 2028 fifth-round draft pick.

Desharnais played just 10 games with the Penguins after he was acquired at the end of January in a trade with Vancouver.

Vincent Desharnais was traded to the San Jose Sharks by the Pittsburgh Penguins for a fifth-round pick in the 2028 NHL Draft.

The San Jose Sharks already made a massive trade earlier in the season when they moved Mikael Granlund and Cody Ceci to the Dallas Stars. As many expected, the Sharks are sellers ahead of the 2025 NHL Trade Deadline.

The Pittsburgh Penguins have had an active night already acquiring Luke Schenn and Tommy Novak from the Nashville Predators. Before that trade, they made a trade with the San Jose Sharks sending defenseman Vincent Desharnais to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for a 2028 fifth-round draft pick.

The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired a 2028 fifth-round draft pick from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for defenseman Vincent Desharnais.

The Pittsburgh Penguins got the wheels in motion for their trade deadline plans on Wednesday night. In two separate trades, the Pens sent Michael Bunting and newly-acquired Vincent Desharnais out the door to Nashville and San Jose,

The San Jose Sharks announced Wednesday that the club has acquired defenseman Vincent Desharnais from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for a fifth-round selection in the 2028 NHL Draft.

Defenseman Vincent Desharnais’s time with the Pittsburgh Penguins was brief. The team, on Wednesday, traded him to the San Jose Sharks for a 2028 fifth-round draft pick.

The Pittsburgh Penguins have just traded defenseman Vincent Desharnais to the San Jose Sharks in return for a 2028 fifth-round draft pick. This is the second time this season Desharnais has been moved.