Tonight at 10:30 p.m. ET, the Dallas Stars (26-21-9, 61 points) and San Jose Sharks (35-16-6, 76 points) skate against each other for the third and final time this season live from the SAP Center in San Jose. The game can be live streamed here. Dallas fans can hear all of the hard-hitting action on 105.3 The Fan while San Jose fans can do the same on KFOX 102.1.
Dallas has won two games in a row and five of their last seven and can also jump to the final wild-card spot with a win while San Jose has lost four of their last five games. It took a shootout both times these two teams have played this season, with the Stars notching a 4-3 win via the skills competition in Dallas on Oct. 17 while San Jose earned a victory in penalty shots by a 3-2 margin on Dec. 21 in San Jose.
The Sharks have gone through some struggles recently but may get Adam Burish into the lineup for the first time all season after he sustained a herniated disc during a preseason game in September.
"I think he gives us a right-handed faceoff guy, another penalty-killer, an element of grit and tenacity when he's playing well," Sharks coach Todd McLellan told CSNBayArea.com. "There's a lot of things that Burr can bring."
The Stars are coming off of a 3-1 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Tuesday with some player's dads in the stands. The win brought them to 2-0-0 so far on their three-game road trip.
"I think the dads really enjoyed it, and to have their sons win a game is great," coach Lindy Ruff said via NHL.com. "I think the ones whose sons scored were probably especially proud and they got to see it live."
Tyler Seguin is on a six-game point streak and has 24 goals and 31 assists for 55 points while Jamie Benn has 22 tallies and 28 helpers for 50 points and Cody Eakin has lit the lamp 12 times and added 16 assists for 28 points.
Joe Thornton has led the Sharks this season with 56 points off of eight goals and 48 assists while Joe Pavelski has 29 markers and 25 helpers for 54 points and Patrick Marleau has found the back of the net 22 times while adding 27 assists for 49 points.
Between the pipes, Dallas will likely turn to Kari Lehtonen, who is 21-15-9 with a 2.53 goals-against average and a .916 save percentage while Antti Niemi is the probable goaltender for San Jose and is 28-12-6 with a 2.40 GAA and a .912 save percentage.
The Stars look to jump into playoff contention while the Sharks look to get out of their recent funk when these two teams hit the ice at the SAP Center tonight in San Jose.
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