The San Jose Sharks will try to rebound from a frustrating loss to the Dallas Stars as they end their back-to-back on the road Friday night against the St. Louis Blues.
Despite outshooting the opposition 36-22 including an 11-5 effort in the third frame, the Sharks were unable to stop the Stars from notching two quick goals in the second period to put them in a 3-1 hole. Goals from Joe Pavelski and Evander Kane helped tie the game back up, but Dallas forward Devin Shore deposited his second goal on the evening half way through the third frame to give the Stars the 4-3 victory last night.
The Blues, on the other hand, have been idle since hosting the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday. Though St. Louis won that contest 4-1, their overall play on the season has been inconsistent. They’re currently sitting at the bottom of the Central Division with a 5-5-3 line on the season, going 4-4-1 on home ice so far.
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Sharks projected lines and pairs
Evander Kane – Joe Pavelski – Joonas Donskoi
Timo Meier – Logan Couture – Kevin Labanc
Barclay Goodrow – Joe Thornton – Marcus Sorensen
Rourke Chartier – Antti Suomela – Melker Karlsson
Joakim Ryan – Brent Burns
Marc-Edouard Vlasic – Justin Braun
Brenden Dillon – Erik Karlsson
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Aaron Dell – projected starter
Martin Jones
Blues projected lines and pairs
Jaden Schwartz – Ryan O’Reilly – Vladimir Tarasenko
Robby Fabbri – Robert Thomas – David Perron
Alex Steen – Tyler Bozak – Nikita Soshnikov
Zachary Sanford – Ivan Barbashev – Oskar Sundqvist
Carl Gunnarsson – Alex Pietrangelo
Vince Dunn – Colton Parayko
Joel Edmundson – Jordan Schmaltz
Chad Johnson – projected starter
Jake Allen