The San Jose Sharks are in Dallas today, having earned points in four of the team’s last five games. San Jose is coming off a heady win on Monday night, where Macklin Celebrini scored in overtime to beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-4.
Tonight’s game will be a test for the Sharks. The Dallas Stars are a much different beast than the Red Wings. The Stars have won three of the team’s last four games and have an 11-6-0 record, good enough for third in the Central Division.
Matt Duchene is Dallas’ top scorer with 21 points this season. He also leads the team with ten goals. The real problem for the Sharks will be the Stars’ goaltending.
Both Jake Oettinger and Casey DeSmith have solid starts to the season with Oettinger performing especially well. Oettinger is 9-3-0 this season with a 2.27 goals against average and a .917 save percentage. DeSmith has similar numbers with a 2.22 goals against average and .914 save percentage. The Sharks will need to put shots on net tonight if the team hopes to have a chance.
This is the second of three meetings between the two teams this season. The last time these two teams played was also in Dallas on Oct. 15. That’s when the Sharks pushed things to a shootout. While ultimately, San Jose lost 3-2, it was a good character game for the Sharks. The final game of the regular season series will take place on Feb. 8, 2025 in San Jose.
San Jose Sharks lines Nov. 20, 2024
This is the first night of back-to-back games for the Sharks. While Head Coach Ryan Warsofsky tends to like alternating his goaltenders, it sounds like Mackenzie Blackwood will start tonight in Dallas.
According to San Jose Hockey Now’s Sheng Peng, both Vitek Vanecek and Yaroslav Askarov are on the trip with the Sharks. Unless Blackwood is absolutely on fire tonight, it’s hard to see Warsofsky going back to him tomorrow night. That means we could … maybe … possibly … see Askarov in net tomorrow night.
Given Monday’s win, we expect that things will stay the same as last game.
Forwards
William Eklund – Mikael Granlund – Fabian Zetterlund
Will Smith – Macklin Celebrini – Barclay Goodrow
Tyler Toffoli – Alex Wennberg – Ty Dellandrea
Klim Kostin – Luke Kunin – Carl Grundstrom
Defense
Jake Walman – Cody Ceci
Mario Ferraro – Timothy Liljegren
Henry Thrun – Jan Rutta
Goaltenders
Mackenzie Blackwood
Yaroslav Askarov
Dallas Stars lines vs. San Jose Sharks tonight
According to Inside the Rink, here’s what the lines are expected to look like tonight for the Dallas Stars.
Forwards
Jason Robertson – Roope Hintz – Wyatt Johnston
Mason Marchment – Matt Duchene – Tyler Seguin
Jamie Benn – Mavrik Bourque – Logan Stankoven
Oskar Back- Sam Steel – Evgenii Dadonov
Defense
Esa Lindell – Miro Heiskanen
Thomas Harley – Ilya Lyubushkin
Nils Lundkvist – Mat Dumba
Goaltenders
Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith
How to watch San Jose Sharks at Dallas Stars Nov. 20, 2024
Tonight’s game is at American Airlines Center in Dallas. The puck drops at 5:00 p.m. PT/7:00 p.m. CT.
Sharks fans can watch the game on NBC Sports California or listen to the game on the Sharks and SAP Center app.
If you’re in Dallas, you can catch the game on Victory+ or listen on the radio at The Ticket 96.7 FM and 1310 AM.
Out of market viewers can see the game on ESPN+.
