Carolina Hurricanes @ San Jose Sharks: Lineups, Game Preview and How to Watch

Dec 10, 2024; Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Brent Burns (8) scores a goal past San Jose Sharks goaltender Vitek Vanecek (41) during the third period at Lenovo Center. (James Guillory-Imagn Images)

What - Game 68 (41-22-4)
When - 10:30 p.m., Thursday, March 20
Where - SAP Center; San Jose, CA
How to Watch - FanDuel Sports Network South

The Carolina Hurricanes will look to extend their season-long winning streak to eight games as they take on the league worst San Jose Sharks (18-41-9) tonight in California.

The Hurricanes, who are coming off of a 5-0 shutout victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday, have been the hottest team in the league since the trade deadline, having not allowed more than two goals in their last eight contests.

The Canes are also scoring in bunches and the team just feels like they're hitting their stride at just the right time.

The Sharks enter tonight's contest after a four-day break, having last played on March 15 (a 5-1 loss to the Washington Capitals).

The team has a lot of exciting young pieces, like 2024 first-overall pick Macklin Celebrini who looks like a stud at 18, but the team overall is still just so far from being competitive.

Streaks

Seth Jarvis (3g, 2a) has points in five straight games.
Taylor Hall (2g, 2a) has a thee-game point streak.
Scott Morrow (1g, 1a) and Eric Robinson (1g, 2a) have points in back-to-back games.

Carolina Hurricanes Rookie Defenseman Scott Morrow Nets First Career NHL GoalLast night's game was one to remember for Scott Morrow, as the Carolina Hurricanes rookie defenseman registered his first career NHL goal in the team's 5-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers.

Milestone Watch

Brent Burns will pass former teammate Patrick Marleau for the fifth-longest iron man streak tonight in San Jose, playing in his 911th straight game.
Mark Jankowski will play in his 400th career NHL game.
Seth Jarvis is three points away from 200 career points.
Jordan Martinook is three assists away from 100 assists as a Carolina Hurricane.
Jordan Staal is three goals short of 300 career goals.
Jaccob Slavin needs five points to reach the 300 career points milestone.

Newest Carolina Hurricane Sets NHL Record With Unprecedented Scoring TouchWayne Gretzky, Alex Ovechkin, move over.

Game Notes

Carolina is 1-0-0 against San Jose this season, having won 3-2 on Dec. 10. The Canes have won their last six games against San Jose.

Key Matchups

Projected Starting Goalies

Frederik Andersen: 9-5-0; 0.912 Sv%; 2.15 GAA
Georgi Romanov: 0-0-0; 0.818 Sv%; 3.00 GAA

Leading Scorers

Goals - Seth Jarvis (26) / Tyler Toffoli (25)
Points - Sebastian Aho (64) / Macklin Celebrini (50)

Power Play

Carolina - 18.1% (26th)
San Jose - 19.8% (22nd)

Penalty Kill

Carolina - 84.5% (1st)
San Jose - 74.2% (26th)

Hurricanes Projected Lineup

Seth Jarvis - Sebastian Aho - Jackson Blake
Taylor Hall - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Jack Roslovic
Jordan Martinook - Jordan Staal - Logan Stankoven
Eric Robinson - Mark Jankowski - Tyson Jost

Jaccob Slavin - Brent Burn
Sean Walker - Jalen Chatfield
Shayne Gostisbehere - Dmitry Orlov

Frederik Andersen
Pyotr Kochetkov

Injuries and Scratches: Scott Morrow, Andrei Svechnikov (upper-body), William Carrier (LBI), Tyson Jost (LBI), Jesper Fast (neck)

Sharks Projected Lineup

Collin Graf - Macklin Celebrini - Tyler Toffoli
William Eklund - Alex Wennberg - Will Smith
Ty Dellandrea - Patrick Giles - Nikolai Kovalenko
Carl Grundstrom - Zack Ostapchuk - Barclay Goodrow

Mario Ferraro - Shakir Mukhamadullin
Jimmy Schuldt - Timothy Liljegren
Luca Cagnoni - Vincent Desharnais

Georgi Romanov
Alexandar Georiev

Injuries and Scratches: Noah Gregor, Klim Kostin, Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Logan Couture (groin), Jan Rutta (LBI), Henry Thrun (UBI)

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