SAN JOSE – After yet another crazy travel schedule, the Sharks gear up for a duo of games on home ice. The homer kicks off Monday evening with the New Jersey Devils coming to town.
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Team Teal is coming off a hard-fought 4-3 victory over the Arizona Coyotes. After jumping out to a 3-0 lead, San Jose allowed the Desert Dogs to score three unanswered goals to tie things up heading into the end of regulation. Rookie center Lukas Radil emerged as the hero, finding the back of the net with the minutes winding down in regulation to give the Sharks the victory at the tail end of yet another back-to-back on the road.
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The Devils will be playing the second night of their own road back-to-back, having lost to the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday evening in the shootout 6-5. New Jersey is now 2-4-4 in their last 10 contests and currently occupying the bottom spot in the Metropolitan division.
This is the second final regular-season meeting between the Sharks and Devils. Earlier this season, the Sharks visited New Jersey and were defeated 3-2. In 40 total franchise meetings, San Jose is 18-18-2-2.
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
Marc-Edouard Vlasic – Justin Braun
Radim Simek – Brent Burns
Brenden Dillon – Erik Karlsson
Martin Jones – confirmed starter
Aaron Dell
San Jose Sharks
Devils projected lines and pairs
Taylor Hall – Nico Hischier – Kyle Palmieri
Marcus Johansson – Pavel Zacha – Jesper Bratt
Blake Coleman – Travis Zajac – Miles Wood
Brian Boyle – Brett Seney – Stefan Noesen
Andy Greene – Damon Severson
Will Butcher – Sami Vatanen
Egor Yakovlev – Ben Lovejoy
Keith Kinkaid – projected starter
Cory Schneider