SAN JOSE vs LOS ANGELES
When: 2/9/2021 10:08 PM
Where:

TV: 10:08 PM
LINE: 0
PREDICTION: LOS ANGELES , SAN JOSE

Oddsmakers currently have the Los Angeles listed as -120-moneyline favorites versus the San Jose, while the game’s total is sitting at 5.5.

The Los Angeles Kings will try to end a four-game losing streak Tuesday night when they host the San Jose Sharks.

The Kings are coming off two straight losses at the Vegas Golden Knights last weekend.

Injuries to defenseman Matt Roy (undisclosed) and Sean Walker (face), and forwards Matt Luff (undisclosed) and Martin Frk (lower body), as well as the absences of forwards Andreas Athanasiou and Blake Lizotte to COVID-19 protocol, have forced the Kings to look deeper into their organization for replacements.

“We’re a young team,” Kings coach Todd McLellan said after a 4-3 loss to Vegas on Sunday. “We’re a team that’s working its way through a lot of adversity with bodies missing and that type of stuff.”

Rookie forward Arthur Kaliyev, playing in his NHL debut, scored his first goal in a 3-1 loss to the visiting Anaheim Ducks last Tuesday. And Sunday, Jaret Anderson-Dolan — playing in just his 11th career game in his third NHL season, and second game this season — scored his first NHL goal.

“Obviously, it’s good to get that first one out of the way,” Anderson-Dolan said. “Now I can just play my game and not have to worry about that.”

San Jose has yet to play a home game this season because Santa Clara County had a contact sports ban in place, which recently expired.

With two more games at Los Angeles remaining before the Sharks come home, they’re looking for improvement after going 1-2-1 in their past four games. San Jose coach Bob Boughner just can’t pinpoint any particular area.

“It’s about doing the simple things, making simple plays instead of trying to overcomplicate things,” Boughner said. “Generally, making the first easy play and opening up your options.”

San Jose has received solid starts to the season from forwards Logan Couture and Evander Kane, each with eight points in 10 games, but the Sharks could use a boost from forward Timo Meier and defenseman Erik Karlsson, who have just eight points between them (including just one goal).

Meier led the Sharks with 49 points (22 goals, 27 assists) in 70 games last season, but has been held to five points (one goal, four assists) through 10 games, with three of those points coming in the second game.

Karlsson, fourth on the Sharks last season with 40 points (six goals, 34 assists) in 56 games, has no goals and three assists in 10 games this season.

“Physically and mentally, I’m feeling way better than I expected,” Karlsson said. “I haven’t found a way to be as creative as I’d like. I should be able to do more. Why I haven’t, I don’t know.”

Karlsson is also a key component on the power play, but the Sharks have converted just one of 26 man-advantage situations in the past seven games.

“If we can find ways to create momentum on the power play, it will help our 5-on-5,” Karlsson said.

McLellan said he is not overly concerned with his team’s power play, saying he wants to see more productivity at even strength. The Sharks, after all, have balanced their dearth of power-play goals by killing off 86.5 percent, third-best in the league.

“I think it’s in a good spot right now,” McLellan said of the power play. “There’s going to be nights where we’re going to execute well, there’s going to be nights where the opponent we play does a good job to stop it. Sometimes, the goalie’s going to get in the way, and some nights we’ll get a lucky one where it sneaks in. I’m more concerned about our 5-on-5 play.”

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ST LOUIS vs SAN JOSE
When: 5/13/2019 9:00 PM
Where: SAP Center at San Jose

TV: 9 p.m. ET, NBC Sports Network, CBC, Sportsnet, TVA
LINE:
PREDICTION: Blues 3, Sharks 2

Oddsmakers currently have the ST LOUIS listed as + 115 moneyline favorites versus the SAN JOSE, while the game’s total is sitting at 5.5.

Logan Couture routinely shines under the bright lights of the postseason, but the 30-year-old wasn’t alone as the San Jose Sharks won the series opener of their Western Conference final against the St. Louis Blues. Couture and linemates Timo Meier and Gustav Nyquist aim to ride the momentum of their eight-point performance into Game 2 of the series in San Jose on Monday night.

“(Meier) was a bull. When he skates and (with) his strength, he’s tough to defend. We’re fortunate enough to play with him on our line,” said Couture, who joined Meier with two goals and an assist in Saturday’s 6-3 win over St. Louis. Couture leads the NHL in goals (11) and points (17) in the playoffs, three tallies behind captain Joe Pavelski’s franchise record set in 2016 while his point total is a fair distance behind the 30 he recorded in that playoff year. The Sharks improved to 7-2 at home during this postseason after taking advantage of 12 giveaways to hand the Blues their second loss in the last seven road contests. “It wasn’t our best game. We didn’t take care of the puck well enough,” said Ryan O’Reilly, who snapped an eight-game goal drought by scoring in the second period of the opener.

ABOUT THE BLUES: Jordan Binnington is a finalist for the Calder Memorial Trophy on the strength of a sterling 24-5-1 run in the regular season, and the 25-year-old was not to blame in the eyes of his teammates despite surrendering five goals on 24 shots in the series opener. “He was great,” fellow rookie Robert Thomas told reporters. “He made a bunch of great saves. We hung him out to dry.” Jaden Schwartz set up defenseman Joel Edmundson’s first-period goal to boost his point total to 12 in the playoffs after mustering just 36 in the regular season.

ABOUT THE SHARKS: Couture’s 45 playoff goals trail only Washington captain Alex Ovechkin (50) for the most since 2010, while his double-digit goal totals in multiple postseasons made him the sixth active player with that distinction (Ovechkin, Jake Guentzel, Evgeni Malkin, Patrick Kane, Nikita Kucherov). Couture resides two playoff points shy of 100, while Pavelski is one short of triple digits. Brent Burns (15) and Erik Karlsson (13) have combined for 28 points through the first 15 playoff games, the most for a defensive tandem since fellow former Norris Trophy recipients Paul Coffey (17) and Nicklas Lidstrom (15) accomplished the feat with Detroit in 1995.

OVERTIME

1. St. Louis RW Vladimir Tarasenko’s minus-3 rating in the series opener dropped him to minus-8, tied with Tampa Bay C Steven Stamkos for the worst in the playoffs.

2. San Jose is one home win shy of matching its franchise record for most in a postseason (2016).

3. Blues F Brayden Schenn has been held off the scoresheet in seven straight games and 11 of 14 in the playoffs.

PREDICTION: Blues 3, Sharks 2

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NEW JERSEY DEVILS vs SAN JOSE SHARKS
When: 10:30 PM  ET, Monday, December 10, 2018
Where: SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose, California

TV: 10:30 PM
LINE: 0
PREDICTION: SAN JOSE , NEW JERSEY

Oddsmakers currently have the NEW JERSEY listed as 170-moneyline favorites versus the SAN JOSE, while the game’s total is sitting at 6.

Setting up goals has not been Joe Pavelski’s forte this season, but scoring them has become a regular occurrence of late. The captain attempts to hit the 20-goal plateau for the sixth consecutive season in only his 32nd game when the San Jose Sharks host the New Jersey Devils on Monday.

Pavelski has notched only six assists in 2018-19 after registering his second-highest career total of 44 last season but has been tallying at a rapid pace. The 34-year-old recorded his team-leading 19th goal of the campaign – and sixth over seven contests – in Saturday’s 5-3 victory at Arizona, giving him at least one point in 11 of his last 14 games. New Jersey is wrapping up its three-game California trip after suffering a 6-5 shootout loss in Anaheim on Sunday. Kyle Palmieri registered his second consecutive two-goal performance and fifth overall this season while Marcus Johansson scored with 58 seconds left in the third period as the Devils earned at least one point for the third time in four contests (1-1-2).

TV: 10:30 p.m. ET, Sportsnet, MSG Plus (New Jersey), NBCS California (San Jose)

ABOUT THE DEVILS (10-12-6): Palmieri has become quite the goal scorer since being acquired from Anaheim in June 2015, as he is four tallies away from reaching the 20-goal mark for the fourth time in as many campaigns with New Jersey after topping out at 14 during his five-season stint with the Ducks. The 27-year-old had gone six games without a tally and netted just one in nine contests before the team landed in the Golden State. Reigning Hart Trophy winner Taylor Hall has notched four assists in his last two games but remains one goal shy of 200 for his career.

ABOUT THE SHARKS (15-11-5): Lukas Radil waited many years to achieve his goal of playing in the NHL, but the 28-year-old Czech needed only six games to net his first tally in the league. Radil, who had split his entire career between his homeland and Russia before signing with San Jose in April, snapped a tie against the Coyotes late in the third period to become the 11th member of the team to record a game-winning goal this season. Logan Couture, who leads the team with 30 points, has collected four goals and nine assists over his last 11 contests.

OVERTIME

1. Sharks F Joe Thornton passed Steve Yzerman (1,514) for 18th place on the all-time games played list Saturday and is nine away from tying Brendan Shanahan (1,524) for 17th.

2. New Jersey C Nico Hischier has registered two goals and three assists over his last five games.

3. San Jose is 7-1-1 in its last nine contests at home.

PREDICTION: Sharks 4, Devils 2

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SAN JOSE SHARKS vs DALLAS STARS
When: 8:00 PM  ET, Friday, December 7, 2018
Where: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas

TV: 8:35 PM
LINE: 0
PREDICTION: DALLAS , SAN JOSE

Dallas captain Jamie Benn hopes to continue his scoring surge and the Stars look to improve their impressive record against the Pacific Division when they host the San Jose Sharks on Friday night. Dallas defeated Edmonton 4-1 on Monday to push its record against the Pacific to 8-0-1, including a 4-3 win over San Jose on Nov. 8, and Benn scored for the third straight game as the Stars earned at least a point for the fifth time in six contests (4-1-1).

“Jamie Benn has been phenomenal all year,” Dallas’ rookie coach Jim Montgomery told reporters. “It’s getting close to 10 games now that he’s winning so many battles. When your best players are your hardest workers you start to see the team build.” The Stars climbed into a playoff position in the Western Conference entering Thursday with their surge, allowing six goals in the last four games, while the Sharks rebounded from a rough road trip to rout Carolina 5-1 on Wednesday. San Jose was outshot 40-23 by the Hurricanes, but got three points apiece from forwards Joe Thornton and Timo Meier along with 39 saves from Martin Jones to answer a disturbing 1-3-1 trek. “We’re coming off the road, I was a little worried about our energy the first game back,” Sharks coach Peter DeBoer told reporters. “But we got off to a quick start, got the first goal, which was huge. I thought we had some bounces tonight which we haven’t gotten a lot of lately. And (Jones) was great.”

TV: 8 p.m. ET, TVA, Sportsnet East, Sportsnet Pacific, NBCS California (San Jose), FS Southwest (Dallas)

ABOUT THE SHARKS (14-10-5): Meier came back from a three-game injury absence to register a goal along with two assists, skating with Thornton and Marcus Sorensen, and has eight points in his last seven contests overall. “Your try to be a difference-maker,” the 22-year-old Meier told reporters. “Obviously, I’ve gained some confidence. I’ve learned a lot over the time I’ve spent here, so all I do is try to focus on what I can do to help the team.” Defenseman Brent Burns was held off the scoresheet Wednesday, but leads the team in points with 29 – two more than center Logan Couture.

ABOUT THE STARS (15-10-3): Forward Brett Ritchie, who had been scratched seven of the previous eight games, returned to the lineup with Blake Comeau on paternity leave and took advantage with a goal and an assist. “I thought Ritchie was the best he’s (been),” Montgomery told reporters. “We’ve talked to him about his puck possession needs to be better and I think the first goal of the game, he wins a forecheck, protects it, moves it, which ends up being a goal.” Benn tops the team with 12 goals and is second behind Tyler Seguin (26) with 24 points while fellow forward Alexander Radulov has 22.

OVERTIME

1. Thornton can tie Steve Yzerman for 18th in NHL history with his 1,514th appearance Friday and is two assists shy of Marcel Dionne (1,040) for 10th all time.

2. Dallas lost F Gemel Smith on waivers to Boston on Thursday and C Martin Hanzal (back) is expected to be activated for his season debut Friday.

3. Sharks captain Joe Pavelski scored his team-leading 18th goal Wednesday and has tallied five times in the last five contests.

PREDICTION: Stars 4, Sharks 3

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SAN JOSE SHARKS vs MONTREAL CANADIENS
When: 7:00 PM  ET, Sunday, December 2, 2018
Where: Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec

TV: 7:05 PM
LINE: 0
PREDICTION: MONTREAL , SAN JOSE

Oddsmakers currently have the SAN JOSE listed as -125-moneyline favorites versus the MONTREAL, while the game’s total is sitting at 6.

The scuffling San Jose Sharks look to avoid a winless five-game road trip and extend their mastery in the series when they visit the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday night. The Sharks are 0-3-1 on their trek while allowing 20 goals after a frustrating 6-2 loss at Ottawa on Saturday afternoon in which they totaled 38 shots – nine by major preseason acquisition Erik Karlsson.

“We’ve just got to stop the bleeding,” San Jose captain Joe Pavelski told reporters after the loss. “We’ve got to put an end to this, figure it out, find a way to win. We’ve got to fix it in here. There’s nothing else coming right now.” The Sharks have won six straight meetings with the Canadiens, who snapped a five-game losing streak Saturday with a 5-2 victory over the New York Rangers at home as captain Shea Weber scored his first two goals of the season. Weber, who missed the first 24 games of the season while recovering from offseason knee surgery, had an assist in his season debut Tuesday against Carolina and the defenseman scored the first two in Saturday’s triumph as Montreal built a 4-0 lead and cruised from there. The Canadiens also welcomed back forward Paul Byron, who missed a little over a month with a lower-body injury, and he registered an assist in 14 minutes, 28 seconds of playing time.

TV: 7 p.m. ET, NBCS California (San Jose), Sportsnet, Sportsnet One, RDS (Montreal)

ABOUT THE SHARKS (12-10-5): Karlsson’s return to Ottawa, where he spent the first nine seasons of his career before the trade, was eventful and he told reporters afterward: “It’s going to be nice to move on now. I’m excited to play (Sunday) in Montreal and hopefully sort this mess out.” Fellow defenseman Brent Burns notched an assist for the third straight game Saturday and leads the team with 27 points while center Logan Couture has eight points in the last seven games to push his total to 25. Pavelski had an assist in the loss at Ottawa and posted three of his team-best 16 goals in the previous two contests.

ABOUT THE CANADIENS (12-9-5): Center Max Domi (11 goals) had not hit the scoresheet in three straight games before notching an assist Saturday and leads the team with 27 points while Tomas Tatar (11 goals) scored once and set up another to tie Jonathan Drouin for second at 21. Artturi Lehkonen scored twice against the Rangers after managing the same amount in his first 25 games and fellow forward Kenny Agostino recorded his fourth point in six games. Goalie Carey Price (8-7-4) snapped a four-game losing streak with 20 saves Saturday, but could give way to Antti Niemi (4-2-1) in the second of a back-to-back.

OVERTIME

1. Montreal F Andrew Shaw needs one goal to reach 100 and one point to get to 200 in his career.

2. San Jose F Timo Meier, who is second on the team with 13 goals, could miss his second straight game with an upper-body injury.

3. Sharks Gs Martin Jones (6-1-0) and Aaron Dell have won seven of their eight career decisions against the Canadiens.

PREDICTION: Canadiens 4, Sharks 3

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TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS vs SAN JOSE SHARKS
When: 10:30 PM  ET, Thursday, November 15, 2018
Where: SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose, California

TV: 10:35 PM
LINE: 0
PREDICTION: SAN JOSE , TORONTO

Oddsmakers currently have the TORONTO listed as 120-moneyline favorites versus the SAN JOSE, while the game’s total is sitting at 6.

The Toronto Maple Leafs rebounded from their first road loss of the season by beginning their tour of California with their seventh win in eight tries away from home. The Maple Leafs aim to continue their success in the Golden State on Thursday when they visit the San Jose Sharks, who have won four straight home games overall and five in a row when Toronto pays a visit.

John Tavares scored on the power play for his team-best 11th goal and Nazek Kadri added a pair of man-advantage tallies as the Maple Leafs skated to a 5-1 win over Los Angeles on Tuesday. “From start to finish, that was a pretty textbook road win,” said the 28-year-old Tavares, who has made himself at home on the road with 16 points (nine goals, seven assists). San Jose’s Joe Thornton became the seventh player in NHL history with 1,500 games played, 400 goals and 1,000 assists on Tuesday when he capped the scoring in a 5-4 win over Nashville. “I’m just trying to improve my game, to be honest with you,” said the 39-year-old Thornton, who has three goals in his last six contests overall and 15 points (one goal, 14 assists) in his last eight home games versus Toronto.

TV: 10:30 p.m. ET, Sportsnet Ontario (Toronto), NBCS California (San Jose)

ABOUT THE MAPLE LEAFS (12-6-0): While Toronto’s flashy forwards garner a significant portion of the headlines in hockey-mad Toronto, defenseman Morgan Rielly has been providing quite the offensive punch as well. The 24-year-old Rielly recorded his seventh multi-point performance of the season against the Kings to extend both his assist and point streaks to three and five games, respectively. “He’s an important piece of the puzzle for us. He continues to make strides in the right direction in order to be a premier defenseman in this league, so in order for us to contend, we’re going to need him to be at the top of his game,” Kadri said of Rielly.

ABOUT THE SHARKS (10-6-3): Captain Joe Pavelski has rebounded from a sluggish October with the makings of a November to remember, recording seven points (five goals, two assists) in seven games – including five (three goals, two assists) in his last two. “If you’re a scorer in this league, you’re going to deal with highs and lows and dry spells,” coach Peter DeBoer told the San Jose Mercury News. “If you’re still getting those looks and the foundation of what you’re doing is still good every night, then eventually it’s going to break and I think that’s what you’re seeing (for Pavelski).” Tomas Hertl has recorded 14 points (three goals, 11 assists) in his last 11 games, but his availability is in question for Thursday’s game after he sustained a lower-body injury during the second period versus the Predators.

OVERTIME

1. Toronto G Frederik Andersen has allowed one goal or fewer in each of his last four starts (4-0-0) while San Jose G Martin Jones is 8-1-1 in his last 10 games.

2. The Sharks have killed off 40 of 42 power plays over the last 15 contests.

3. Maple Leafs C Patrick Marleau, who spent 19 seasons with San Jose, has collected five points (two goals, three assists) over his last six games.

PREDICTION: Sharks 4, Maple Leafs 3

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MINNESOTA WILD vs SAN JOSE SHARKS
When: 10:30 PM  ET, Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Where: SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose, California

TV: 10:35 PM
LINE: 0
PREDICTION: SAN JOSE , MINNESOTA

Oddsmakers currently have the MINNESOTA listed as 135-moneyline favorites versus the SAN JOSE, while the game’s total is sitting at 5.5.

The surging Minnesota Wild try for their seventh straight victory over San Jose when they visit the Sharks on Tuesday. Minnesota has won seven of its last eight games, including a 5-1 victory against the Blues on Saturday that made the Wild 2-1-0 on a franchise-record seven-game road trip which continues with three in California and concludes with a return trip to St. Louis on Sunday.

“That was about as good of a team win as I think we’ve had all season,” Wild center Eric Staal told reporters after scoring his 400th career goal. “We will try to continue this on the road (this) week.” San Jose improved to 1-1-1 on its four-game homestand with a 4-3 victory over Philadelphia on Saturday on Timo Meier’s overtime goal – his second of the game. “He’s been great,” Sharks coach Pete DeBoer told reporters about Meier, who has a club-most 11 goals this season and eight in his last seven games. “Thankfully he’s off to the start he’s off to. We need him. We needed somebody to step up.” Minnesota has swept San Jose in the last two season series with Staal recording four tallies in each three-game set.

TV: 10:30 p.m. ET, FS North (Minnesota), NBCS California (San Jose)

ABOUT THE WILD (8-3-2): After beginning the season with three blank scoresheets, Mikael Granlund has unleashed a 10-game point streak with six goals and seven assists. Nick Seeler scored his first career goal and added two assists Saturday in his 35th NHL game, telling reporters: “It’s nice to have that first one go in.” Devan Dubnyk (6-2-2, 2.07 goals-against average, .937 save percentage) has yielded two or fewer goals in seven games and is 10-8-2, 2.89, .909 in his career versus the Sharks.

ABOUT THE SHARKS (7-4-3): Joe Thornton scored his first goal of the season Saturday in his third game since missing nine with an infection in his right knee, telling reporters: “I feel better. There are periods I feel great and times not so good. It’s starting to come. It’s a work in progress.” Tomas Hertl (five goals, 14 points) left Saturday’s game with a head injury and is questionable to play Tuesday. Brent Burns (397 career assists) leads the team with 13 assists and, like Meier and Logan Couture (five goals, seven assists during a nine-game point streak), has a club-high 16 points.

OVERTIME

1. Thornton has 398 goals and 1,429 points – 16th all-time – in 1,498 games.

2. Minnesota LW Zach Parise (12 points this season) has scored three of his four goals on the road.

3. San Jose has the third-best penalty-killing unit in the NHL at 87.8 percent after going 21-for-21 in its last eight games while the Wild (18-for-20 in the last five contests) are fifth at 85.2 entering Monday.

PREDICTION: Sharks 3, Wild 2

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OTTAWA vs SAN JOSE
When: 10:00 PM  ET, Saturday, December 9, 2017
Where: SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose, California

TV: 10:05 PM
LINE: 0
PREDICTION: SAN JOSE , OTTAWA

Oddsmakers currently have the OTTAWA listed as 150-moneyline favorites versus the SAN JOSE, while the game’s total is sitting at 5.5.

After making a little history in a thrilling win, the San Jose Sharks will try to end a home losing streak against a team that arguably has been one of the league’s biggest disappointments this season.

San Jose looks to avoid its fourth straight loss to the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night at SAP Center.

The Sharks haven’t beaten the Senators at home since Oct. 12, 2013, giving up 12 goals during the skid. San Jose has also allowed at least one power-play goal in eight straight home games to the Senators dating to March 7, 2002.

This season, Ottawa has one of the weaker power-play units, converting 16.7 percent of their chances (17 of 102). San Jose owns one of the NHL’s top penalty-killing units, killing off 78 of 90 short-handed situations.

On Thursday, San Jose (15-10-2) opened a three-game homestand by erasing two three-goal deficits and topping the Carolina Hurricanes 5-4 on Brent Burns’ even-strength goal 22 seconds into overtime.

For the first time in franchise history, the Sharks had two power-play goals and two short-handed goals in the same game.

“I figured we would push back. We usually do,” San Jose coach Peter DeBoer said. “There’s a lot of character in that room, a lot of proud guys. When we’ve been in that spot before we usually push back, and we did tonight. … That’s not the way you draw it up to start the game. We dug ourselves out of a hole. You got to win all kinds of ways in this league over 82 games.”

The goal was Burns’ second of the season. He notched a league high for defensemen with 29 en route to his first Norris Trophy last season. In 10 career games against Ottawa, he has four goals and six assists.

Even though Martin Jones beat the Hurricanes, he is 1-2-0 with a 4.32 goals-against average and .866 save percentage this month. Jones also lost in his only career home start to the Senators on Dec. 7, 2016, stopping 13 of 16 shots.

Aaron Dell, who has never faced Ottawa, surrendered two goals on 63 shots while winning each of his last two starts.

Ottawa (9-11-7), which took the Pittsburgh Penguins to double overtime in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference final last season, is ahead of only the league-worst Buffalo Sabres in the conference.

The Senators hit the ice for the sixth game of a seven-game road trip after a 4-3 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night. After Ryan Dzingel tied the score with 10 seconds to play in regulation, Mike Condon surrendered the winning goal to Drew Doughty at the 32-second mark.

Ottawa battled back from three one-goal deficits to come away with a point. And even though they’re mired in a 1-8-2 slide, the Senators are surprisingly upbeat.

“We played assertive (against Los Angeles), we played not afraid to lose and we played on our toes,” forward Matt Duchene told the Ottawa Citizen. “There was a lot of really good things. … We have to find a way to build on it in San Jose. We play like we did (Thursday) in 10 games, we’re going to win seven or eight of them.”

Duchene posted a goal and an assist for his first multipoint game since being acquired from the Colorado Avalanche as part of a three-team deal last month. In 13 games with his new club, the third overall pick in the 2009 NHL Draft has just two goals and two assists. He has never picked up more than one point in any of 11 career matchups in northern California.

Neither of Ottawa’s goaltenders have fared particularly well in San Jose. Craig Anderson has lost four of six career games and Mike Condon is 1-1-0 but has yielded eight goals on 73 shots.

Anderson is 0-6-0 with a 3.04 GAA in eight games (seven starts) since Nov. 16. Condon, who made 34 saves against the Kings on Thursday, is 1-2-2 with a 3.56 GAA in five games (four starts) since Nov. 18.

It could be a night of career milestones for players on both teams.

For San Jose, Logan Couture needs two points to reach 400. Couture leads the team in goals (14), short-handed goals (two) and points (22). He has two goals and an assist in a three-game points streak versus Ottawa.

Joel Ward is one point short of 300. He has four goals and three assists in 22 games.

Justin Braun needs two assists for 100. He’s tied for third on the team with 10, and has contributed points in six of his last eight games.

Ottawa’s Derrick Brassard needs one point for 400, and Alexandre Burrows is one assist short of 200.

Brassard has six goals and 11 assists in 27 games this season. He has registered five assists in 12 career games at the Shark Tank.

Burrows, who had his 200th NHL goal on Oct. 19 against the New Jersey Devils, has six goals and eight assists in 22 career games in San Jose.

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SAN JOSE vs WASHINGTON
When: 7:00 PM  ET, Monday, December 4, 2017
Where: Captial One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia

TV: 7 p.m. ET, NHL Network, NBCSN California (San Jose), NBCSN Washington
LINE: 0
PREDICTION: Capitals 4, Sharks 2

Oddsmakers currently have the SAN JOSE listed as 115-moneyline favorites versus the WASHINGTON, while the game’s total is sitting at 5.5.

WASHINGTON — With Braden Holtby between the pipes, the Washington Capitals feel they have a shot against any team in the NHL. That theory will be put to the test again when the San Jose Sharks come to town Monday.

The Capitals have won five of seven game, and they used another stellar performance from netminder Holtby on Saturday to down the Metropolitan Division-leading Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3. Now, Washington (15-11-1) is eager to continue testing itself against high-quality competition as it tries to become a more consistent team.

ABOUT THE CAPITALS (15-11-1): Captain Alex Ovechkin is on a hot streak with six goals in his last five games and shares the NHL lead with Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov (19) while totaling 26 points. Evgeny Kuznetsov has scored three times in his last two contests and tops the team with 29 points while T.J. Oshie ranks third (23) after recording 11 over his last nine games. Defenseman John Carlson, who notched two assists on Saturday, and Nicklas Backstrom (five assists in five games) give Washington five players with at least 20 points through 27 contests.

“We’re playing some quality opponents right now,” Capitals coach Barry Trotz said. “The Kings were a quality opponent, Columbus is a quality opponent, San Jose is a quality opponent. Four of the five teams we’re up against in the next little while here are four of the top five teams in the league defensively, so it’s hard to score on those teams. We have to work for our goals.”

The Capitals will face a difficult challenge against the stingy Sharks, who are second in the NHL in goals-against (2.2 per game) and penalty-kill percentage (87.7 percent). San Jose is coming off a 5-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday, a result that ended a three-game winning streak and a 4-0-2 stretch.

“Good teams make you pay,” Sharks goalie Martin Jones said after looking solid in his return from an injury that caused him to miss two games.

The Sharks, who have been hit hard by the injury bug, know that goals likely will be at a premium. They are fine with engaging the Capitals in a defensive battle.

“We’re getting more comfortable in 2-1, 3-2 games,” San Jose coach Peter DeBoer said. “There’s no panic. That’s becoming more second nature to us. We’re not scoring five or six goals a night. We have to be comfortable in those situations.”

Forward Marcus Sorensen, who was called up from the San Jose Barracuda of the American Hockey League on Saturday, will join the team Monday to provide some injury relief. He had five goals and nine assists through 17 AHL games this season.

“He’s got some elements that we can use up here — his speed, his tenacity,” DeBoer said. “I like his game when he’s playing it.”

The visit to Washington wraps up a four-game road swing for San Jose, which is an impressive 7-3-1 away from home.

ABOUT THE SHARKS (14-9-2): Joonas Donskoi (lower body), Melker Karlsson (cut), Mikkel Boedker (lower body) and defenseman Tim Heed (upper body) all missed Saturday’s game and are considered day-to-day. Martin Jones (98 career wins) did return after missing two games with a minor injury, stopping 30-of-31 shots over the first two periods to give the Sharks a chance, prompting coach Peter DeBoer to tell reporters: “You take him for granted, but he’s been like that all year for us.” Couture has been kept off the scoresheet in his last two games but leads the team with 21 points.

Sharks forward Joe Thornton was fined $5,000 Sunday for slashing Tampa Bay’s Tyler Johnson during the Saturday game, the NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced.

Washington recalled forward Travis Boyd from AHL Hershey on Sunday. Boyd had three goals and 17 assists in 23 games at Hershey and owned the longest active streak of games played in the league at 208 straight, including playoffs.

The Capitals are hoping to keep the momentum going in the third game of their five-game homestand, with contests against the Chicago Blackhawks and New York Rangers looming.

“In order to be an elite team, we have to keep improving,” Holtby said.

OVERTIME

1. Washington’s Chandler Stephenson (upper body) exited Saturday’s game and is day-to-day while fellow C Travis Boyd was recalled from Hershey of the American Hockey League on Sunday.

2. San Jose C Joe Thornton, who needs two points to tie Dale Hawerchuk (1,409) for 19th place on the all-time list, was fined $5,000 for a slash in Saturday’s game.

3. Capitals G Braden Holtby is 10-3-0 after a 4-3-0 start but has gone 2-4-0 with an .875 save percentage in his career versus the Sharks.

STATS AND RECORDS

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BUFFALO vs SAN JOSE
When: 10:30 PM  ET, Thursday, October 12, 2017
Where: SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose, California

TV: 10:30 p.m. ET, MSG-Buffalo, NBCSports California (San Jose)
LINE: 0
PREDICTION: Sharks 4, Sabres 1

Oddsmakers currently have the BUFFALO listed as 150-moneyline favorites versus the SAN JOSE, while the game’s total is sitting at 5.5.

Through two games, the San Jose Sharks are struggling to put the puck in the net and their captain said he believes the poor play may be indicative of a deeper problem.

Coming off a long break, the Sharks reach the midpoint of a season-opening five-game homestand Thursday night when they take on the Buffalo Sabres, who are dealing with their own puck issues.

After losing their season opener Oct. 4, the Sharks fell 4-1 to Los Angeles on Saturday night. Mikkel Boedeker scored for San Jose (0-2-0), which hasn’t started a season with three straight losses since 1993-94, when it went dropped four straight en route to a nine-game winless stretch that included one tie.

Logan Couture, who has one of the club’s four goals this season, doesn’t think it’s time to panic yet.

OVERTIME

1. Sabres C Jack Eichel had a goal and two assists in two matchups against San Jose last season.

2. Sharks G Martin Jones, sporting a 5.17 goals-against average, is 2-1-1 with a 2.22 GAA against the Sabres.

3. Buffalo has surrendered four short-handed goals, matching its total from last season.

“There should be some urgency,” he told the Sharks’ official website Tuesday. “When we come to the rink and practice, whether it’s myself or a player who has been here a little while, we need to be better.”

San Jose is still looking for Brent Burns to flash some of the offense he produced last season while winning his first Norris Trophy. Burns has one assist and a minus-5 rating after leading all NHL blueliners with 29 goals and 76 points while posting a plus-19 rating in 2016-17.

“I respect that everyone is coming to the rink ready to play, but we’re missing something. Just mentally we know we’ve got another level,” Sharks captain Joe Pavelski told the league’s official website.

Pavelski, who tied Burns for the team lead in goals last season, has one assist.

San Jose was 1-0-1 versus Buffalo last season. Pavelski scored twice as the Sharks snapped a five-game home losing streak to the Sabres with a 4-1 victory March 14.

Buffalo (0-2-1) begins a four-game road trip through California and its first visit to Las Vegas after falling 6-2 to New Jersey on Monday.

“Our resilience has to be better because we’re faced with adversity and we’re not facing it the right way,” Sabres first-year coach Phil Housley said Monday. “We’re seeing a little bit of a lull in our game and we’re not reacting the right way.”

Evander Kane registered his second straight two-goal game. He’s taken 26 of the team’s 99 shots and scored four of its seven markers.

Last season, Kane led Buffalo with 28 goals in 70 games, while Jack Eichel — who’s notched one goal in 2017-18 — had 24 in 61 contests.

However, the Sabres are not generating offense from other veterans. Ryan O’Reilly, Kyle Okposo and Matt Moulson have combined for one assist and are a minus-12.

“There’s many things that we have to do differently. There’s not one thing, there’s piles of things,” said O’Reilly, who was second on last season’s club with 55 points. “… Last three games, I’ve been useless. It’s not good enough.”

The Sabres also have been abysmal with the man-advantage. The club surrendered four short-handed goals to match its total from 2016-17.

“We’re shocked. We think we’re going to score in the back of our net and then have it happen again and again and again, it’s just, it’s very disappointing,” O’Reilly said.

The Sharks and Sabres are in bottom third of the league in goals per game.

“This is a hard league,” Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said. “You have to pay a price to win games, and we haven’t done that enough.”

Housley echoed DeBoer.

“It’s so hard in this league to win. Every team is very good and everybody is fighting for something and we have to understand how hard it is to win and to compete,” he said.

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