Tonight at 10:00 p.m. ET, the San Jose Sharks (12-2-5, 29 points) and the Edmonton Oilers (4-14-2, 10 points) faceoff live from Rexall Place in Edmonton. The game can be live streamed here. San Jose fans can hear all of the hard-hitting action by turning their radios to KFOX 98.5 while Edmonton fans can do the same on 630 CHED.
The Sharks enter the game off of back-to-back wins in western Canada after losing five games in a row while Edmonton has been shutout on home ice for three straight games and can't find the back of the net in recent games. This is the first of five meetings between these Pacific Division rivals.
The Sharks defeated the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 in overtime Tuesday on an overtime power play goal by Dan Boyle.
"That one I put it where I wanted it," Boyle said of his shot per NHL.com "The power play needed to come through. We actually struggled quite a bit against Vancouver through three games but got a huge one."
The Sharks have been led offensively by Joe Pavelski, who has six goals and 14 assists for 20 points while Joe Thornton also has 20 points off of two goals and 18 assists. Logan Couture has 19 points off of eight tallies and 11 helpers while Patrick Marleau has lit the lamp nine times and added nine assists for the Sharks thus far.
Edmonton will look to find the twine after the team was once again blanked--this time by the Dallas Stars--Wednesday at Rexall Place by a score of 3-0.
If Edmonton is to get going, it will need their leading scorers to pave the way. Jordan Eberle (4-11-15), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (5-8-13) and Taylor Hall (5-7-12) are the Oilers' top three scorers and they'll need to help the team find its scoring touch if it wants to win.
In net, the Sharks have turned to Antti Niemi in 17 of their 20 games and he's gone 10-2-5 with a 2.13 GAA and a .918 save percentage while the Oilers have gone with Devan Dubnyk in 14 of their 23 games and he's posted a horrid 3-9-1 record with a 3.69 GAA and a .881 save percentage.
The Sharks will look to continue their dominance on their road trip through western Canada while the Oilers will look to win a game and score a goal at home when the puck drops at Rexall Place tonight.
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