Jets vs. Sharks game night
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This article was published 10/11/2013 (4383 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
About the Sharks:
After opening the season at 8-0-1, the Sharks are winless in their last four and open a five-game road trip in Winnipeg having gone just 2-2-3 in their last seven games. If that sounds kind of familiar, it’s probably because you’re remembering how San Jose opened 7-0 last season only to follow it up with a ghastly 1-6-3 run.
Sharks goaltender Antti Niemi has started 15 of San Jose’s 16 games so far this season, but has struggled of late, just like his team. Niemi posted a 9-1-1 record and 1.53 GAA in his first 11 games this season, but is just 0-1-3 and has a bloated 4.09 GAA in his last four games.
The general consensus in San Jose is their last game — a 4-2 loss in San Jose to the Vancouver Canucks — was their worst all-around effort of the season. And that makes them dangerous, Jets head coach Claude Noel said Saturday. “They’re going to be coming in here probably a pretty unhappy group,” said Noel. “They’ve hit a bump, but when you hit bumps, things get a little bit ornery. And I’m sure they’ll be ornery here.”
Despite the recent skid, the Sharks still have an enviable 10-2-4 record and were second in the Pacific Division behind only Anaheim heading into Saturday night — and third in the Western Conference behind Anaheim and Colorado. And they have the league’s top-ranked offence, averaging 3.62 goals per game and a plus-23 goals differential. WINNIPEG JETS
31 Ondrej Pavelec
35 Al Montoya
2 Adam Pardy
7 Keaton Ellerby
9 Evander Kane
12 Olli Jokinen
14 Anthony Peluso
15 Matt Halischuk
16 Andrew Ladd
17 James Wright
18 Bryan Little
19 Jim Slater
22 Chris Thorburn
24 Grant Clitsome
25 Zach Redmond
26 Blake Wheeler
27 Eric Tangradi
33 Dustin Byfuglien
39 Toby Enstrom
40 Devin Setoguchi
44 Zach Bogosian
55 Mark Scheifele
67 Michael Frolik
SAN JOSE SHARKS
31 Antti Niemi
32 Alex Stalock
5 Jason Demers
7 Brad Stuart
8 Joe Pavelski
9 Marty Havlat
10 Andrew Desjardins
12 Patrick Marleau
15 James Sheppard
18 Mike Brown
19 Joe Thornton
22 Dan Boyle
27 Scott Hannan
39 Logan Couture
43 John McCarthy
44 Marc-Edouard Vlasic
48 Tomas Hertl
52 Matt Irwin
57 Tommy Wingels
61 Justin Braun
81 Tyler Kennedy
83 Matthew Nieto
88 Brent Burns
(Lineups subject to change)
