One day after an exciting win over the Jets in Winnipeg, the Sharks are back in action against a free-falling Minnesota Wild team who have lost six of their last eight games, the latest being a 7-1 defeat at the hands of the Dallas Stars on Saturday. After entering the season with great expectations, they’re currently seven points out of a playoff spot and will be looking to get back on track against the Sharks today.

Tale Of The Tape

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21-14-5, 47 points	Record	18-5-4, 40 points
3rd in Pacific	Rank	6th in Central
51.0%	Score-Adj. Fenwick	52.7%
99.1	PDO	98.4
21.4	PP%	15.1
80.9	PK%	84.2

5PM PST | Xcel Energy Center | St. Paul, Minnesota
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Projected Sharks Lineup

Logan Couture – Joe Pavelski – Melker Karlsson
Barclay Goodrow – Patrick Marleau – Tommy Wingels
Tomas Hertl – James Sheppard – Matt Nieto
John Scott – Andrew Desjardins – Tye McGinn

Marc-Edouard Vlasic – Brent Burns
Brenden Dillon – Justin Braun
Matt Irwin – Matt Tennyson

Alex Stalock
Antti Niemi

Projected Wild Lineup

Zach Parise – Mikko Koivu – Jason Pominville
Thomas Vanek – Kyle Brodziak – Justin Fontaine
Jason Zucker – Charlie Coyle – Nino Niederreiter
Matt Cooke – Erik Haula – Ryan Carter

Ryan Suter – Jonas Brodin
Marco Scandella – Jared Spurgeon
Stu Bickel – Christian Folin

Darcy Kuemper
Niklas Backstrom

Last Meeting

Former Wild defenseman Brent Burns scored on the power play and Joe Pavelski added an even-strength tally as the Sharks defeated the Wild 2-1 at home in early December.

Storylines

• Alex Stalock will get his first career start in his hometown of St. Paul.
• Darcy Kuemper will face him for the Wild.
• This will likely be the Sharks’ final game with Joe Thornton the shelf as he’s eligible to return to the lineup Thursday in St. Louis.