Niemi allowed five goals on 33 shots in a 5-4 OT loss to the Capitals on Wednesday.The finnish netminder has now allowed a combined 12 goals over the last three games, so it's no surprise he's failed to record a win during that span. Niemi has been wildly inconsistent this year in posting a 22-13-7 record with a 2.61 GAA and .911 save percentage -- ratios that are worse than his career averages of 2.39 and .915 -- so owners with more than one option in net may want to size up the Sharks' opponent before blindly throwing Niemi in their lineup.