After James Reimer relieved Martin Jones midway through game four, there was little more than a murmur about the former Maple Leaf starting game five. So it’s not much of a surprise that Jones is back in net as the starter for the Sharks in a pivotal game in St. Louis. No other changes for San Jose, who will look to bounce back after a rough performance on Saturday afternoon.
St. Louis rolls with Jake Allen again, who did not play particularly well in game four. If the Sharks get better goaltending (or more accurately, play better defense) they’ll be in good shape. Lines from FOTB Kevin Kurz.
Projected Sharks Lines
Tomas Hertl – Joe Thornton – Joe Pavelski
Patrick Marleau – Logan Couture – Joonas Donskoi
Melker Karlsson – Chris Tierney – Joel Ward
Dainius Zubrus – Nick Spaling – Tommy Wingels
Marc-Edouard Vlasic – Justin Braun
Paul Martin – Brent Burns
Brenden Dillon – Roman Polak
Martin Jones
James Reimer
Projected Blues Lines
Robby Fabbri – Jori Lehtera – Vladimir Tarasenko
Alex Steen – Paul Stastny – Troy Brouwer
Jaden Schwartz – Patrik Berglund – David Backes
Magnus Paajarvi – Kyle Brodziak – Dmitrij Jaskin
Jay Bouwmeester – Alex Pietrangelo
Joel Edmundson – Kevin Shattenkirk
Carl Gunnarsson – Colton Parayko
Jake Allen
Brian Elliott
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