Four of the Sharks’ seven games on their current homestand will come against Pacific Division rivals, starting tonight with the Calgary Flames who are in town following their 4-1 trouncing of the Coyotes on Thursday. With top center Mikael Backlund healthy and back in the lineup, the Flames are slowly rebounding from a stretch that saw them lose eight games in a row beginning with a 3-2 defeat at the hands of the Sharks on home ice in early December.
Tale Of The Tape
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23-18-3, 49 points |
Record | 24-16-5, 53 points |
5th in Pacific | Rank | 3rd in Pacific |
45.2% |
Score-Adj. Fenwick | 50.5% |
101.2 |
PDO | 98.6 |
17.6 |
PP% | 20.7 |
76.2 |
PK% | 81.6 |
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Know Your Enemy: Matchsticks & Gasoline, Flames Nation
Projected Sharks Lineup
Patrick Marleau – Joe Thornton – Matt Nieto
Logan Couture – Joe Pavelski – Melker Karlsson
Tye McGinn – Tomas Hertl – Tyler Kennedy
Barclay Goodrow – James Sheppard – Tommy Wingels
Marc-Edouard Vlasic – Brent Burns
Brenden Dillon – Justin Braun
Matt Irwin – Matt Tennyson
Antti Niemi
Alex Stalock
Projected Flames Lineup
Johnny Gaudreau – Mikael Backlund – David Jones
Curtis Glencross – Sean Monahan – Jiri Hudler
Lance Bouma – Joe Colborne – Drew Shore
Brandon Bollig – Matt Stajan – Paul Byron
Mark Giordano – T.J. Brodie
Kris Russell – Dennis Wideman
Raphael Diaz – Deryk Engelland
Joni Ortio
Jonas Hiller
Last Meeting
Patrick Marleau’s last goal, prior to his tally against the Maple Leafs on Thursday, gave the Sharks a 3-2 third period lead at the Saddledome that they wouldn’t relinquish in their second of five games against Calgary this season on December 6th.
Storylines
- 23-year-old Finn Joni Ortio, who has allowed just one goal against in two starts this season, will get a third consecutive go of it in net for Calgary. He’ll face countryman Antti Niemi.
- Calgary recently acquired forward Drew Shore from the Florida Panthers. He’ll play his second game with the Flames tonight./