Home sweet home!
The San Jose Sharks return to SAP Center for the first time since the season began on January 13 to face off against the Vegas Golden Knights. It’s been a long and exhausting road to get here, with five of their 12 games thus far going to a shootout and aside from a reshuffling due to COVID-19 protocols, they’ve been playing nearly every-other night so far.
Adding some physicality to the lineup, Kurtis Gabriel will make his debut on the Sharks’ fourth line. Despite allowing six goals against the Los Angeles Kings, Martin Jones is still starting in net, likely because Devan Dubnyk is still dealing with a lower body injury.
Here’s everything you need to know to tune in today:
Lines
SAN JOSE SHARKS
Evander Kane — Logan Couture — Kevin Labanc
Rudolfs Balcers — Tomas Hertl — Timo Meier
Matt Nieto — Patrick Marleau — Ryan Donato
Kurtis Gabriel — Dylan Gambrell — Marcus Sorensen
Mario Ferraro — Brent Burns
Radim Simek — Erik Karlsson
Marc-Edouard Vlasic — Nikolai Knyzhov
Martin Jones
Alexei Melnichuk
Expected Scratches: John Leonard, Noah Gregor
Injured Reserve: Devan Dubnyk (lower body)
VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS
Max Pacioretty — Chandler Stephenson — Mark Stone
Jonathan Marchessault — William Karlsson — Reilly Smith
Keegan Kolesar — Cody Glass — Alex Tuch
William Carrier — Nicolas Roy — Ryan Reaves
Alec Martinez — Alex Pietrangelo
Nicolas Hague — Zach Whitecloud
Nick Holden — Dylan Coghlan
Marc-Andre Fleury
Oscar Dansk
Expected Scratches: None
Injured Reserve: Shea Theodore (upper body), Robin Lehner (upper body), Brayden McNabb (lower body)
COVID-19 Protocol: Tomas Nosek
How to Watch
Puck drop is at 1 p.m. PT/4 p.m. ET at SAP Center in San Jose, California. Tonight’s game will be broadcast regionally on NBC Sports Bay Area and ATTSN-RM, as well as available to stream through NHL.tv.
Follow along in the comments for live updates and reactions throughout the game!
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