Sharks vs. Penguins: Hosting Sidney Crosby
The Sharks play host to Sidney Crosby and the Penguins in the third game of a three-game homestand.
Playing against players like Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Phil Kessel would be the absolute worst if the Penguins were a division team. Instead, it's more like a nice treat when Pittsburgh rolls into SAP Center to play the Sharks. With Justin Braun still out for tonight's game, San Jose is a bit banged up to host the black and gold but after an authoritative win over a god-awful Flames team the Sharks will look to build a winning streak.
Tale Of The Tape
 | @ |  |
| 13-8-2 | Record | 14-9-0 |
| 3rd in Metropolitan | Rank | 2nd in Pacific |
| 48.7% | Score-Adj. Fenwick | 51.4% |
| 99.9 | PDO | 100.6 |
| 16.5 | PP% | 16.4 |
| 84.0 | PK% | 80.8 |
7:30PM PDT | SAP Center | San Jose, CA
TV: NBC Sports | Radio: SJSharks.com, 98.5 KFOX
Know Your Enemy: PensBurgh
Projected Sharks Lineup
Sharks
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
Martin Jones (confirmed starter)
Projected Penguins Lineup
Pascal Dupuis – Sidney Crosby – Chris Kunitz
David Perron – Evgeni Malkin – Phil Kessel
Patric Hornqvist – Nick Bonino – Beau Bennett
Sergei Plotnikov – Matt Cullen – Eric Fehr
Rob Scuderi – Kris Letang
Brian Dumoulin – Ben Lovejoy
Ian Cole – Adam Clendening
Marc-Andre Fleury (confirmed starter)
Last Meeting
Brent Burns and Paul Martin accounted for all three goals and the Sharks won going away against the Penguins.
Storylines
- The Sharks called up Karl Stollery today.
- Neither team is setting the world on fire in the power-play department, but both have the talent that, well, they should be.
- Pittsburgh has lost two consecutive overtime games.