The Sharks‘ long road trip continues in Boston where San Jose has the chance to build an actual win streak. Following a fortunate win in Detroit and a darn good one in Buffalo, the Sharks face what is (at least by possession metrics) the toughest team of the three tonight. The Bruins haven’t been quite as bad as I thought they might be after doing…well, god only knows what during the offseason.

Still, a win against Boston clinches a .500 road trip — so how about a Joe Thornton trick?

Tale Of The Tape

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9-8-0, 18 points	Record	8-7-1, 17 points
4th in Pacific	Rank	6th in Atlantic
51.7%	Score-Adj. Fenwick	50.8%
99.3	PDO	100
12.5	PP%	33.3
79.2	PK%	71.7

4PM PDT | TD Garden | Boston, MA
TV: CSNCA, NESN | Radio: SJSharks.com, 98.5 KFOX
Know Your Enemy: Stanley Cup of Chowder

Projected Sharks Lineup

Melker Karlsson – Joe Thornton – Joe Pavelski

Matt Nieto – Patrick Marleau – Joel Ward

Joonas Donskoi – Tomas Hertl –Tommy Wingels

Micheal Haley – Chris Tierney – Mike Brown

Marc-Edouard Vlasic – Justin Braun

Paul Martin – Brent Burns

Mirco Mueller – Brenden Dillon

Martin Jones

Alex Stalock

Projected Bruins Lineup

Matt Beleskey – Patrice Bergeron – Brett Conolly

Frank Vatrano – David Krejci – Loui Eriksson

Brad Marchand – Ryan Spooner – Jimmy Hayes

Zac Rinaldo – Joonas Kemppainen – Tyler Randell

Zdeno Chara – Zach Trotman

Dennis Seidenberg – Kevan Miller

Torey Krug – Adam McQuaid

Tuukka Rask

Jonas Gustavsson

Last Meeting

The Sharks scored the last four goals of the game to win 7-4. It was their second comeback of the night as they trailed 2-0 early and then 4-3.

Storylines

• Remember how Joe Thornton used to play here? Right, I guess that’s still a thing.
• Martin Jones was sort of a Bruin, too! For about a day!
• Special teams are a concern as the Bruins have the hottest power play in the league while the Sharks…do not. Still, the Boston penalty kill is nothing special so this might be a good chance to break out of a rut./