Pregame Preview #17: Sharks Host Surging Blues

The San Jose Sharks (2-13-1) host the St. Louis Blues (8-5-1) for the first time this season. 

Kaapo Kahkonen will start in goal for the Sharks, and Anthony Duclair is expected to return to the lineup.

Based on the morning skate, Kevin Labanc is the odd man out as Duclair gets back in the lineup. 

Kyle Burroughs confirmed to THN that he is back in the lineup. Marc-Edouard Vlasic could be scratched as he was late with the extras at morning skate.

The Blues have been heating up as of late. They have won three straight games, including an 8-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche and a 5-0 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Quinn talked about what the team can do to generate more offense.

"Part of our problem from an offensive perspective is we don't get out of our zone cleanly consistently enough," Quinn said. "There's not really a connection between zone to zone. If you getting out of the zone and there is fluidity coming from zone to zone, you're going to enter the zone with more of an opportunity to create offense."

Sharks projected lines:

Eklund-Hertl-Zetterlund
Gushchin-Granlund-Duclair
Zadina-Sturm-Kunin
Smith-Carpenter-Hoffman

Ferraro-Emberson
Addison-Rutta
Okhotiuk-Burroughs

Kahkonen
Blackwood

There were no line rushes during the Sharks' morning skate as it was deemed optional.

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