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GameDay Caterwaul: Sharks at Panthers Open Forum

San Jose Sharks (30-20-5 65P) vs Florida Panthers (33-18-6 72P)

  • WHEN: 7:30 p.m. ET – LBC GameThread right here at 7ish
  • WHERE: BB&T Center – Pembroke Pines Greenacres Key Largo Sunrise, FL
  • TICKETS: Single Game
  • UPCOMING PROMOTIONS: Panthers Palooza II is just around the corner! (details)…Coke Zero Collectible Pins (details; Nick Bjugstad is February’s honoree)./

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  • FLA IN SEASON SERIES: Game 2 of 2 (0-1-0)
  • ALL-TIME vs SJS: 11W-11L-7T 0OTL 0SOL 72GF 84GA
  • ALL-TIME at FLA: 5W-4L-5T 0OTL 0SOL 37GF 38GA
  • LAST FIVE vs SJS: 3-2-0 12GF 13GA
  • LAST GAME vs SJS: FLA 2 at SJS 5 (LBC Recap) – 11/05/2015/

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  • PROJECTED STARTERS: Montoya (9-4-1 1.98/.929 0SO), Jones (27-15-3 2.34/.916 5SO)
  • JAGR WATCH: All-time vs SJS (regular season): 30GP 12G-21A 33P 0GWG
  • PLAYER STATS: Florida / San Jose /

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Notable:

Not a recording: D Erik Gudbranson and F Aleksander Barkov remain out…Florida will be looking for its first win this season (0-4-1) against one of the NHL’s three California clubs…The last time Sharks swam into Sunrise the Cats pinned a 4-1 loss on them…Former Panther fourth-rounder Joonas Donskoi has 10 goals and 16 assists in his rookie season with the Sharks. Probably should have signed the kid…

NHL.com Preview:

San Jose did not skate Wednesday after starting a five-game road trip with a 4-2 win at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday. It’s the third time this season the Sharks have started a long road trip with a victory; their 3-2 win Nov. 13 at the Detroit Red Wings started a 6-0-0 trip, and a victory Dec. 15 at the Montreal Canadiens sparked a 3-1-1 five-game trip. “There’s a real good confidence level,” Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said Tuesday, according to CSNCalifornia.com. “We feel like we can win every game that we’re playing.” (More)

Yahoo.com Preview:

The San Jose Sharks are showing no signs of slowing down entering their second stop on five-game road trip Thursday night, while the Florida Panthers’ first three on a six-game homestand have been a struggle. Tuesday’s 4-2 win in Tampa Bay got the Sharks to 19-8-2 on the road a season after finishing 21-16-4, and all but one win in a 7-2-0 stretch in opponents’ buildings has come by at least two goals. “It’s a good start,” said Joe Thornton, who had two assists to give him three goals and six assists on a six-game point streak, as well as 34 points in his last 26 contests after opening the season with 16 in 29. (More)

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Last game for the Cats: 2-1 shootout victory over the Pens Monday. Past five: 2-3-0 12GF 18GA (streak: 1W)

Last game for the Sharks: 4-2 win in Tampa Bay on Tuesday. Past five: 3-1-1 17GF 15GA (streak: 2W)

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Thursday in the Atlantic Division (Standings / Panthers Playoff Chances):

  • DETROIT (29-19-9 67P) at Pittsburgh (28-19-8 64P), 7:00 (NBCSN)
  • NY Rangers (32-19-6 70P) at TORONTO (20-26-9 49P), 7:30
  • Carolina (26-21-10 62P) at OTTAWA (26-26-6 58P), 7:30
  • Winnipeg (25-28-3 53P) at TAMPA BAY (30-22-4 64P), 7:30
  • BOSTON (31-20-6 68P) at Nashville (26-21-10 62P), 8:00
  • Idle: DET (67P), MTL (58P), BUF (53)/

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