The San Jose Sharks face the Florida Panthers with both teams looking to improve from rough seasons. The Sharks have a 16-25-11 record and are near the bottom of the Pacific Division but have won back-to-back games. The Panthers have a 25-22-6 record and with back-to-back wins have leaped to the middle of the Atlantic Division. Both teams look to improve in their divisions and extend their winning streaks to three games and the upcoming game looks to be a good one as a result.
The Sharks are having a rough season despite their offense stepping up and scoring 3.08 goals per game with 10 goals in the last two games. Timo Meier, Tomas Hertl, and Logan Couture have scored 63 goals and 76 assists to lead the top two lines but the entire offense has been great this year. Alexander Barabanov, Kevin Labanc, and Nico Sturm have combined for 28 goals and 46 assists while defenseman Erik Karlsson has added 17 goals and 52 assists from the point to put the offense over the top.
The offense has been great but the defense has let them down, allowing 3.73 goals per game including 12 goals in the last four games. Erik Karlsson and Matt Benning have combined for 4.0 defensive point shares but the rest of the unit has struggled, allowing opponents to find open shots on the net at will. Additionally, goaltender James Riemer has struggled with a .895 save percentage and a 3.31 goals-aga inst average on 883 shots with -9.7 goals saved above average.
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