Sharks at Flames Preseason: Rosters, gamethread, and where to watch

After falling to the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday, we can now update the Sharks’ preseason goal differential to … 9 minus 17 is negative eight. Now I know that plus/minus is a certified Bad Stat, but a team-wide -8 just doesn’t look promising.

The good news is none of these games count for anything more than entertainment … if you can call watching four losses so far entertaining.

It’s the last home preseason game before the regular-season home opener! The Calgary Flames will visit tonight bringing a 2-3 record. The teal home jerseys are nice to look at, and hopefully the hockey will be easy on the eyes too.

Rosters

Sharks

#SJSharks lines and d-pairs this AM

Yurtaykin-Thornton-Radil
Meier-Couture-Labanc
Kane-Hertl-Gambrell
Bergmann-Goodrow-M. Karlsson
Sorensen-Suomela-Brodzinski

Vlasic-Burns
Dillon-E. Karlsson
Ferraro-Heed
Middleton-Prout

— Curtis Pashelka (@CurtisPashelka) September 26, 2019

These lines have many more familiar names than Tuesday’s game. There’s five lines and four D-pairs. It’ll be interesting to see which three forward and two defenders are scratched on opening night to bring the game roster to four lines and three D-pairs. Martin Jones is in net.

Flames

#Flames likely going with this look tonight in San Jose:

Dube-Jankowski-Mangiapane
Quine-Ryan-Rieder
Kirkland-Philp-Robinson
Rinaldo-Froese-Smith Pelly

MacDonald-Andersson
Kylington-Stone
Davidson-Nielsen

Talbot
Zagidulin

— Pat Steinberg (@Fan960Steinberg) September 26, 2019

I recognize very few of the names on the Flames’ roster. Honestly, Cam Talbot might be the most talented in the group the Flames are playing tonight.

Where to watch

Tonight’s game doesn’t appear to be available on traditional television. The Sharks are streaming the game online with NBC Sports California. Fans with the My Teams App can also tune into the stream. Blackout restrictions do apply tonight. For radio listeners, the Sharks App will have 98.5 KFOX’s call.