After finally winning three in a row, the San Jose Sharks are looking to keep their winning ways going Sunday, as they make their first visit to the Windy City this season to face the Chicago Blackhawks.
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The Sharks got off to a slow start in their season finale against the Dallas Stars on Thursday, but they rallied behind Timo Meier’s two-goal effort to notch a 3-2 victory. Sunday presents an opportunity to register four wins in a row for the first time this season.
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This is the first of three meetings between the Sharks and Blackhawks this season. San Jose holds a 50-34-5-8 record in 97 total games played against Chicago.
Sharks projected lines and pairs
San Jose Sharks
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Evander Kane – Joe Pavelski – Joonas Donskoi
Tomas Hertl – Logan Couture – Timo Meier
Marcus Sorensen – Joe Thornton – Kevin Labanc
Melker Karlsson – Barclay Goodrow – Lukas Radil
Marc-Edouard Vlasic – Justin Braun
Radim Simek – Brent Burns
Brenden Dillon – Erik Karlsson
Martin Jones – projected starter
Aaron Dell
Blackhawks projected lines and pairs
Brandon Saad – Jonathan Toews – Dominik Kahun
Alex DeBrincat – Dylan Strome – Patrick Kane
Brendan Perlini – David Kampf – Dylan Sikura
Andreas Martinsen – Marcus Kruger – John Hayden
Duncan Keith – Henri Jokiharju
Brent Seabrook – Brandon Manning
Carl Dahlstrom – Connor Murphy
Corey Crawford – projected starter
Cam Ward