Mackenzie Blackwood will start his third straight game as the San Jose Sharks look to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Mackenzie Blackwood will start his third straight game as the San Jose Sharks (0-5-1) look to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning (3-2-2) on Thursday night.
Blackwood was stellar in his last game, stopping 33 shots. San Jose will be without forward Alexander Barabanov for an extended period due to a broken finger.
San Jose announced they have called up Ryan Carpenter for the remainder of the road trip as a corresponding move.
The Lightning have been without star goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy this season as he underwent back surgery during training camp.
Per reports, Marc-Edouard Vlasic will be scratched for the second straight game.
Sharks projected lines:
Duclair-Hertl-Labanc
Eklund-Peterson-Zetterlund
Smith-Sturm-Hoffman
Zadina-Bordeleau-Kunin
Ferraro-Burroughs
Knyzhov-Rutta
Emberson-Benning
Blackwood
Kahkonen
Mike Hoffman has been moved off the powerplay, according to SJHN's Sheng Peng.
San Jose has been searching for offense this season, as they have scored one goal in every game except for one.
Puck drop is at 4 p.m. PST and can be viewed on NBC Sports California or the Sharks Audio Network.
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