Tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET, the San Jose Sharks (25-8-6, 56 points) and Anaheim Ducks (28-8-5, 51 points) hit the ice at the Honda Center in Anaheim for the third of five meetings against each other. The game can be live streamed here. San Jose fans can hear all of the action on KFOX 102.1 while Anaheim fans can do the same on KLAA 830.
San Jose enters play having won its last four games while Anaheim sits atop the Pacific Division and is five points up on the Sharks, which have five games in hand. San Jose has won the last four meetings between these teams, including a 4-3 shootout win over the Ducks in Anaheim on Nov. 30 and a 3-1 win in San Jose on Sunday
The Ducks had a 10-game winning streak snapped Sunday by the Sharks and will now look to protect their 14-0-2 home record this season.
"I think we came out a little bit flat, which is unfortunate. You're happy with the [winning] streak, but now we've lost one in a row so it's time to kind of take a reality check and get ready for the next one," defenseman Cam Fowler told NHL.com
The Ducks have been led by Ryan Getzlaf (19-25-44) Corey Perry (22-20-42) and Nick Bonino (10-15-25). Perry has five assists in four games.
The Sharks know how important another win over the Ducks would be in a second game in a row for their chances of catching up to them in the Pacific Division standings.
"These four points, they're huge. They're kind of running away with our division right now," captain Joe Thornton said per NHL.com. "It's going to be another huge one on Tuesday against them ... but to get this one at home was huge."
Thornton (5-38-43), Patrick Marleau (17-19-36), and Joe Pavelski (16-20-36) pace San Jose as its top three scorers. Thornton has seven assists in his last four games.
The probable starters between the pipes are Antti Niemi for San Jose, who is 21-7-6 with a 2.33 goals-against average and a .914 save percentage, and Jonas Hiller for Anaheim, who is 17-4-4 with a 2.39 GAA and a .913 save percentage.
The Sharks look for their second win over Anaheim in three days and their fifth straight while Anaheim looks to start a new winning streak and keep a strangle-hold on the Pacific Division when the puck is dropped at the Honda Center tonight in Anaheim.
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