The San Jose Sharks take on Brent Burns and the Carolina Hurricanes in search of their first win of the season.

The San Jose Sharks (0-1-1) take on the Carolina Hurricanes (2-1-0) at 7:30 p.m. tonight.

Brent Burns returns to the Bay Area to face San Jose for the second time since being traded. 

"It's always great to see familiar faces," Burns said. "Just the area around, it's a special place. It's always a little weird, but it's nice."

Burns told THN that he saw "Another bearded brother" [Joe Thornton] yesterday and Mario Ferraro. 

Sharks head coach David Quinn has preached puck possession as a key to winning games early this season. Unfortunately for Quinn and staff, the Sharks haven't been able to hold the puck in the offensive zone, causing them to get hemmed in defensively.

"I liked the way we looked defensively. We just did a little too much, not because of what we were doing defensively, but because of what we weren't doing offensively," Quinn explained. "We just [have to] give ourselves a chance to spend more time in the offensive zone."

Sharks projected lines:

Duclair-Hertl-Zadina
Eklund-Bordeleau-Hoffman
Barabanov-Peterson-Kunin
Zetterlund-Sturm-Smith

Ferraro-Burroughs
Knyzhov-Rutta
Thrun-Benning

Blackwood
Kahkonen

Blackwood will make his second straight start for San Jose after stopping 51 shots in his debut on Saturday.

Henry Thrun returns to the lineup for Marc-Edouard Vlasic, who misses tonight's game with a lower-body injury.

"It's just starting simple and going from there. I like to make a pass or try to get a hit early in the game, then just build up from there," Thrun said. "I will start pretty simplified, keep the shift short, and just move up from there."

The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. tonight and can be seen on NBC Sports California or the Sharks Audio Network.

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