After dropping a closer-than-it-looked game to the Blackhawks, the Sharks look to get back in the win column against the Calgary Flames. The Flames have struggled mightily this year, both in terms of result and #process. They sit 22nd in the league in score-adjusted fenwick-for percentage (48.0) and in sixth in the Pacific.

Dylan DeMelo was called up this morning, but according to morning skate reports from Friend of the Blog Kevin Kurz it doesn’t appear he’ll play tonight.

Tale Of The Tape

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8-13-2 (18 points)	Record	13-9-0 (26 points)
6th in Pacific	Rank	2nd in Pacific
48%	Score-Adj. Fenwick	51.8%
96.3	PDO	100.2
14.1	PP%	14.1
73	PK%	80

7PM PDT | SAP Center | San Jose, CA
TV: CSN Bay Area | Radio: SJSharks.com, 98.5 KFOX
Know Your Enemy: Nucks Misconduct

Projected Sharks Lines

Melker Karlsson – Joe Thornton – Joe Pavelski

Joonas Donskoi – Patrick Marleau – Joel Ward

Matt Nieto – Tomas Hertl – Tommy Wingels

Dainius Zubrus – Chris Tierney – Mike Brown

Marc-Edouard Vlasic – Brenden Dillon

Paul Martin – Brent Burns

Mirco Mueller – Matt Tennyson

Martin Jones

Alex Stalock

Projected Flames Lines

Johnny Gaudreau – Sean Monahan – Jiri Hudler

Sam Bennett – Mikael Backlund – Michael Frolik

Joe Colborne – Matt Stajan – David Jones

Michael Ferland – Markus Granlund – Josh Jooris

Mark Giordano – T.J. Brodie

Kris Russell – Dougie Hamilton

Dennis Wideman – Deryk Engelland

Jonas Hiller

Karri Ramo

Last Meeting

The Sharks dropped this one 4-1 in their final meeting with the Flames last season.

Storylines

• The Flames penalty kill is one of the worst in the NHL. Wouldn’t suck to see the Sharks take advantage.
• After calling out the third line following Wednesday’s loss to Chicago, it’ll be interesting to see how it rebounds tonight.
• Keep an eye on the third defensive pairing…or cover your eyes in horror./