SAN JOSE – The San Jose Sharks look to close out their six-game homestand on a high note as they host the Vancouver Canucks on Black Friday.
Their last contest ended in a disappointing 4-3 overtime loss to the Edmonton Oilers. Against Edmonton, San Jose lost three leads to the embattled squad, who played for the first time with new coach Ken Hitchcock behind the bench.
The Sharks have collected seven of 10 possible points on the longest homestand of their 2019 campaign and currently sit one point behind the Calgary Flames in the Pacific Division standings.
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SIGN UP HERE Elsewhere in the division, the Canucks have gone 2-6-2 over their last 10 games. They visit the Sharks on Friday looking to end a seven-game losing streak.
This is the first meeting between the Sharks and Canucks this season. San Jose is 9-0-1 in their last 10 contests against Vancouver and has won the last five bouts at SAP Center. In 121 franchise games against the Canucks, the Sharks hold a 58-48-9-6 record.
Sharks projected lines and pairs
Evander Kane – Joe Pavelski – Joonas Donskoi
Tomas Hertl – Logan Couture – Timo Meier
Marcus Sorensen – Joe Thornton – Kevin Labanc
Lukas Radil – Barclay Goodrow – Melker Karlsson
San Jose Sharks
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Joakim Ryan – Brent Burns
Marc-Edouard Vlasic – Justin Braun
Brenden Dillon – Erik Karlsson
Aaron Dell – projected starter
Martin Jones
Canucks projected lines and pairs
Antoine Roussel – Bo Horvat – Sam Gagner
Nickolay Goldobin – Elias Pettersson – Jake Virtanen
Tyler Motte – Markus Granlund – Loui Eriksson
Brendan Leipsic – Adam Gaudette – Tim Schaller
Michael Del Zotto – Chris Tanev
Ben Hutton – Erik Gudbranson
Derrick Pouliot – Troy Stecher
Anders Nilsson – projected starter
Jacob Markstrom