Tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET, the San Jose Sharks (20-7-6, 46 points) and St. Louis Blues (22-6-4, 48 points) go head-to-head live from the Scottrade Center in St. Louis for the third and final meeting this season. The game can be live streamed here. San Jose fans can hear all of the action by adjusting their radios to KFOX 102.1 while San Jose fans can do the same on KMOX 1120.
San Jose has lost five of its last six while St. Louis enters play with a 13-2-2 home record, but the Sharks were one of just two teams to beat them in regulation at Scottrade Center this season. The Sharks have won each of the last two meetings between these two teams with a 6-2 victory in St. Louis on Oct. 15 and then another win by a 6-3 margin in San Jose on Nov. 29.
The Blues lost to the Ottawa Senators 3-2 in overtime Monday night to snap a three-game winning streak.
"I thought the way we played in the second period was great," coach Ken Hitchcock said after the game via NHL.com. "The second period was one of the best road periods we've played all year. We really took it to them and really hemmed them in, and at times overwhelmed them with our forecheck, so I was really happy. I was happy with the point."
The Sharks lost their fifth game in six tries with a 3-2 defeat at the hands of the Nashville Predators on Saturday leading to coach Todd McLellan thinking about shaking up the lineup.
"There's some players that haven't produced that we really count on a lot," McLellan said per NHL.com. "And maybe it's an opportunity to shake things up a little bit."
Joe Thornton leads the Sharks with 35 points off of five goals and 30 assists while Patrick Marleau has 15 tallies and 17 helpers for 32 points and Joe Pavelski has three goals in as many games for a total of 12 markers and 18 assists for 30 points.
Alex Steen leads the Blues with 35 points off of 22 goals and 13 assists while David Backes has lit the lamp 16 times and added 14 helpers for 30 points but is sidelined with an upper-body injury and T.J. Oshie has four goals and 23 assists for 27 points.
Jaroslav Halak is likely to start for the Blues in the crease and is 16-5-2 with a 2.27 goals-against average and a .910 save percentage while Antti Niemi is the probable starter for San Jose and is 17-6-6 with a 2.26 GAA and a .915 save percentage.
The Sharks look to turn things around while the Blues hope to keep winning at home when they hit the ice at the Scottrade Center tonight in St. Louis.
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