The last time the Sharks were in Edmonton, they scored six goals in the first period. Nope, that isn’t a typo. Six goals. In twenty minutes. By comparison, the Sharks also scored exactly six goals between February 6th and February 22nd, a total of about 367 minutes of hockey. To say things have changed for San Jose since the beginning of the season would be an understatement.
It’s been a while since the Sharks and Oilers have squared off for a late-March contest that had actual playoff implications for both teams. It’s difficult to label any one game as a must-win with how erratic the standings have been all year, but this is pretty close to that. Go Sharks.
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12-10-6, 32 points |
11-11-6, 28 points | |
8th in Western Conference | 12th in Western Conference |
6:30PM PST | Rexall Place | Edmonton, Alberta
TV: CSNCA-HD | Radio: 98.5 KFOX, SJSharks.com
Know Your Enemy: The Copper & Blue, mc79hockey, Oilers Nation
Projected Sharks Lineup
Patrick Marleau – Joe Thornton – Brent Burns
Logan Couture – Joe Pavelski – Martin Havlat
T.J. Galiardi – Scott Gomez – Tommy Wingels
James Sheppard – Andrew Desjardins – Adam Burish
Matt Irwin – Dan Boyle
Marc-Edouard Vlasic – Jason Demers
Douglas Murray – Brad Stuart
Projected Oilers Lineup
Taylor Hall – Shawn Horcoff – Ales Hemsky
Ryan Jones – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Jordan Eberle
Magnus Paajarvi – Sam Gagner – Nail Yakupov
Lennart Petrell – Ryan Smyth – Mike Brown
Ladislav Smid – Jeff Petry
Ryan Whitney – Justin Schultz
Nick Schultz – Corey Potter