Alex Stalock will make his first start of the preseason tonight as the Sharks host the Arizona Coyotes in their preseason home opener. The Sharks look to improve to 2-1 on the exhibition campaign, after splitting a pair

Head Coach Peter DeBoer said yesterday that Stalock will "probably" play all 60 minutes against the Desert Dogs. Stalock made the trip to British Colombia for the Sharks' first two preseason games, but did not play in either game. The University of Minnesota-Duluth product has big skates to fill in the crease, after Martin Jones' 30 save shutout in Vancouver on Tuesday.

Tale Of The Tape

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0-1-1	Preseason Record	1-1-0
7th in Pacific	Last Season's Rank	5th in Pacific
46.9%	Last Season's Score-Adj. Fenwick	51.2%
97.1	Last Season's PDO	99.3
20.0	Last Season's PP%	21.6
76.7	Last Season's PK%	78.5

7:30 PM PDT | SAP Center | San Jose, California
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Know Your Enemy: Five For Howling

Projected Sharks Lineup

Marc-Edouard Vlasic - Justin Braun

Other Defenseman (one to be scratched): Mirco Mueller, Matt Tennyson, Brenden Dillon, Dylan DeMelo, Gus Young

Projected Coyotes Lineup

#Coyotes playing tonight at SJS: Forwards | Boedker, Domi, Downie, Duclair, Dvorak, Lessio, Richardson, Shinnimin, Strome, Vermette, Vitale

— Dave Vest (@davest4yotes) September 25, 2015

#Coyotes playing tonight at SJS: Defensemen | Dahlbeck, Elliott, Grossmann, Mermis, Michalek, Murphy -- Goalies | Lindback, Domingue

— Dave Vest (@davest4yotes) September 25, 2015

Last Meeting

The Sharks dropped a must-win in Glendale to the lottery-bound Coyotes, effectively killing their postseason chances and all-but ensuring the organization's streak of consecutive playoff appearances would end at ten.

Storylines

• Melker Karlsson is still dealing with an undisclosed injury, and likely won't play in either of the Sharks' games this weekend. But, the Swedish forward is "progressing nicely" according to Coach DeBoer, and could rejoin the team soon.
  
• There's a good chance we'll get to hear the new goal song tonight. Your suggestions were more inspiring than the Sharks' options, but I think we'll all find a way to deal with it as long as the song isn't by Nickelback.