The San Jose Sharks welcome the Dallas Stars to town for the second meeting in less than a week between the two teams. The Sharks lost to the Stars 3-2 in a shootout on Saturday. Magnus Chrona stopped 36 of 38 shots in the loss.
Today was supposed to mark the arrival of Chris Tanev with the Stars after a trade with Calgary last week. Trouble is, transferring from a Canadian team to an American team isn’t as easy as you would think and immigration troubles are making it hard for Tanev to join the team according to Mike Heika with the Dallas Stars website.
Tanev still in transit. Will be a game time decision tonight
— Mike Heika (@MikeHeika) March 5, 2024
Oettinger in goal
With Tanev as a game time decision, we suspect there won’t be many differences in the Stars lines compared to Saturday.
Meantime, for the Sharks the discussion centers around the health of the team. William Eklund will be a game time decision again today, but he was on the ice for the morning skate, so that’s a good sign. Alexander Barabanov was also on the ice. Mackenzie Blackwood was working out with Thomas Speer, but isn’t back just yet. Tomas Hertl is on the road to recovery a little faster than expected, while there’s no expected time of return for Logan Couture.
San Jose Sharks lines March 5, 2024
Setting up the lines, we’re assuming that Eklund is ready to play. Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now reported that Kevin Labanc, Givani Smith and Nikita Okhotiuk were the last ones on the ice indicating that they could sit tonight. We’d guess that Okhotiuk sits and Labanc or Smith all depends on Barabanov’s health.
Forwards
Anthony Duclair – Mikael Granlund – Fabian Zetterlund
Filip Zadina – William Eklund – Luke Kunin
Justin Bailey – Nico Sturm – Mike Hoffman
Kevin Labanc – Ryan Carpenter – Givani Smith
Defensemen
Mario Ferraro – Marc-Edouard Vlasic
Henry Thrun – Jan Rutta
Calen Addison – Kyle Burroughs
Goaltenders
Kaapo Kahkonen
Magnus Chrona
Stars lines vs. Sharks
We can’t see the Stars lining up much differently than four days ago. We know that Jake Oettinger is slated to start in net. Here’s what Daily Faceoff reports the rest of the lineup will look like. If Tanev arrives in San jose in time, expcet some changes on defense.
Forwards
Jason Robertson – Roope Hintz – Joe Pavelski
Mason Marchment – Matt Duchene – Ty Dellandrea
Jamie Benn – Wyatt Johnston – Logan Stankoven
Sam Steel – Radek Faksa – Craig Smith
Defensemen
Thomas Harley – Miro Heiskanen
Esa Lindell – Jani Hakanpaa
Ryan Suter – Nils Lundkvist
Goaltenders
Jake Oettinger
Scott Wedgewood
How to watch Dallas Stars at San Jose Sharks March 5, 2024
The Sharks are back home and you can watch the game in person at SAP Center. Puck drops at 7:30 p.m. PT/9:30 p.m. CT/10:30 p.m. ET. Or you can watch on TV at NBCSCA or listen on the Sharks Audio Network at sjsharks.com/listen.
Dallas Stars fans can watch the game on Bally Sports Southwest Extra or listen on The Ticket 96.7 FM and 1310 AM.
The game also airs on ESPN+ and Hulu, though blackout restrictions apply.
