The San Jose Sharks kick off the East Coast leg of their current road trip as they face off with the Buffalo Sabres for the second and final time this season.
Since visiting SAP Center on October 18, the Sabres have gone on a tear and enter Tuesday’s contest having won nine consecutive games. San Jose, looking to rebound after a tough 6-0 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday, has been given the task of snapping that winning streak.
In their last meeting, the Sharks skated away to a 5-1 victory thanks to three power play goals and a hat trick from Logan Couture. Evander Kane, in his first game against his former team, tallied assists on two goals that evening. Martin Jones, who is expected to be back between the pipes on Tuesday, turned away 24 of 25 shots in that game.
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Sharks projected lines and pairs:
Evander Kane – Joe Pavelski – Joonas Donskoi
Tomas Hertl – Logan Couture – Timo Meier
Marcus Sorensen – Joe Thornton – Kevin Labanc
Barclay Goodrow – Lukas Radil – Melker Karlsson
Joakim Ryan – Brent Burns
Marc-Edouard Vlasic – Justin Braun
Brenden Dillon – Erik Karlsson
Martin Jones – projected starter
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Sabres projected lines and pairs:
Jeff Skinner – Jack Eichel – Sam Reinhart
Tage Thompson – Casey Mittelstadt – Kyle Okposo
Vladimir Sobotka – Evan Rodrigues – Jason Pominville
Remi Elie – Johan Larsson – Zemgus Girgensons
Jake McCabe – Rasmus Dahlin
Nathan Beaulieu– Rasmus Ristolainen
Marco Scandella – Zach Bogosian
Carter Hutton – projected starter
Linus Ullmark