Tonight: Jets at Sharks

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A three-goal second period for the Winnipeg Jets has the visitors tied 3-3 with the San Jose Sharks after two periods of play at the SAP Centre in San Jose.

Mark Schiefele’s team-leading 28th goal of the season 9:03 into the middle frame tied the game 1-1. Joe Pavelski’s 37th goal of the season had the Sharks leading the Winnipeg Jets 1-0 after one period of play.

Joe Thornton and Paul Martin scored scored power-play goals to move the Sharks ahead 3-1, before Andrew Copp and Blake Wheeleer scored goals just more than a minute apart to tie it at 3-3. Dustin Byuglien has three assists.

Jets goaltender Ondrej Pavelec has faced 15 shots, while the Jets have fired 16 shots at Sharks goaltender Martin Jones.

About the Sharks

San Jose is 4-1 in its last five games, including Tuesday’s 3-0 blanking of the Minnesota Wild. They sport the NHL’s best road record at 28-10-3 (the 28 road wins is a franchise record) but are just 17-19-3 at SAP Center — the fifth-worst home record in the league. Included in those 19 home losses is a 4-1 loss to the Jets on Jan. 2.

Manitoba’s James Reimer kicked out all 29 shots in the win over the Wild, his third shutout since joining the Sharks.

San Jose is a dominating 14-4-2-2 all-time vs. Winnipeg/Atlanta. The Sharks are headed to the playoffs for the 11th time in the last 12 seasons.

The Sharks have three players with 70 points or more in Joe Thornton (18G, 61A); Joe Pavelski (36G, 40A) and Brent Burns (27G, 47A). Burns is second only to Ottawa’s Erik Karlsson (80 points) among scoring for NHL defencemen.

Logan Couture returned from injury Dec. 30 after missing 30 games and his presence has been notable. With him in the lineup the Sharks are 31-14-5, but 14-15-1 without him.

 

WINNIPEG JETS

31 Ondrej Pavelec

34 Michael Hutchinson

4 Paul Postma

5 Mark Stuart

6 Alex Burmistrov

7 Ben Chiarot

8 Jacob Trouba

9 Andrew Copp

12 Drew Stafford

13 Brandon Tanev

15 Matt Halischuk

17 Adam Lowry

19 Nic Petan

22 Chris Thorburn

26 Blake Wheeler

27 Nikolaj Ehlers

33 Dustin Byfuglien

40 Joel Armia

55 Mark Scheifele

56 Marko Dano

59 Brenden Kichton

71 Julian Melchiori

Head coach: Paul Maurice

Assistants: Charlie Huddy, Pascal Vincent

 

San Jose Sharks  

31 Martin Jones

34 James Reimer

4 Brenden Dillon

7 Paul Martin

8 Joe Pavelski

9 Dainius Zubrus

12 Patrick Marleau

16 Nick Spaling

19 Joe Thornton

27 Joonas Donskoi

38 Micheal Haley

39 Logan Couture

42 Joel Ward

44 Marc-Edouard Vlasic

46 Roman Polak

48 Tomas Hertl

50 Chris Tierney

57 Tommy Wingels

61 Justin Braun

68 Melker Karlsson

74 Dylan Demelo

80 Matt Tennyson

83 Matt Nieto

88 Brett Burns

Head coach: Peter DeBoer

Assistants: Bob Boughner, Steve Spott

(Lineups subject to change)

 

— Ed Tait