The San Jose Sharks have won three straight games heading into tonight's home matchup against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Sharks have been willing in thrilling fashion, as the game-winning goal in each of those three games came within the final 90 seconds of the third period. With that being said, given the intense stress of a playoff race, they'd probably like more comfortable wins moving forward, but two points are two points.
The Maple Leafs recently fired their general manager Brad Treliving in the midst of a disappointing season. Head coach Craig Berube has been retained for the time being, but his future with Toronto is certainly in doubt, so he'll be hoping to get a strong performance in tonight's game.
Sharks forward Igor Chernyshov will be a game-time decision for the second straight night, having missed yesterday's game against the Anaheim Ducks due to illness.
The game will be broadcast on NBC Sports California and TSN4.
Projected Lines (Per NHL.com)
Toronto
Easton Cowan - John Tavares - William Nylander
Matthew Knies - Bo Groulx - Matias Maccelli
Dakota Joshua - Max Domi - Nicholas Robertson
Steven Lorentz - Jacob Quillan - Steven Lorentz
Morgan Rielly - Brandon Carlo
Jake McCabe - Philippe Myers
Simon Benoit - Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Anthony Stolarz
Joseph Woll
San Jose
Igor Chernyshov* - Macklin Celebrini - Will Smith
William Eklund - Alexander Wennberg - Kiefer Sherwood
Collin Graf - Michael Misa - Tyler Toffoli
Barclay Goodrow - Zack Ostapchuk - Adam Gaudette
Dmitry Orlov - Vincent Desharnais
Mario Ferraro - Shakir Mukhamadullin
Sam Dickinson - Nick Leddy
Alex Nedeljkovic
Yaroslav Askarov
*Game-time decision