Sharks vs. Flyers watch guide: Projected lines and defensive pairs

SAN JOSE - The San Jose Sharks are looking to turn their four-game homestand around on Saturday night as they host the Philadelphia Flyers.

The Sharks fell to the Columbus Blue Jackets Thursday evening, getting on their heels after Kevin Labanc scored the opening goal, but eventually lost 4-1. San Jose has scored the first goal in 11 of 13 games so far this season but are only 6-2-3 in those 11 games.

The Flyers, on the other hand, are coming off back-to-back wins in Southern California, beating the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Tuesday and the LA Kings 5-2 on Thursday. They are now 3-2-0 against Pacific Division teams so far this season.

Tonight's game is the second of a two-game season series between San Jose and Philly. The Sharks annihilated the Flyers 8-2 in Philadelphia on October 9, with 13 Sharks tallying at least one point on the evening. San Jose is 22-15-4-1 all time through 42 games against the Flyers.

Sharks lines and defensive pairs:

Evander Kane – Joe Thornton – Joe Pavelski

Tomas Hertl – Logan Couture – Timo Meier

Joonas Donskoi – Rourke Chartier – Kevin Labanc

Marcus Sorensen – Barclay Goodrow – Melker Karlsson

Joakim Ryan – Brent Burns

Marc-Edouard Vlasic – Justin Braun

Brenden Dillon – Erik Karlsson

Martin Jones – projected starter

Aaron Dell

Flyers lines and defensive pairs:

Claude Giroux – Sean Couturier – Travis Konecny

Oskar Lindblom – Nolan Patrick – Jakub Voracek

Dale Weise – Jordan Weal – Wayne Simmonds

Scott Laughton – Jori Lehtera – Nicolas Aube-Kubel

Ivan Provorov – Robert Hagg

Christian Folin – Shayne Gostisbehere

Travis Sanheim – Radko Gudas

Calvin Pickard – projected starter

Brian Elliott