Rangers at Sharks
Aside from the Eastern portion of a five-game road trip earlier this month, the San Jose Sharks have been among the league's most consistent teams during their ascent to the top of the Pacific Division. The Sharks will get a chance to avenge one of their losses when they host the New York Rangers on Tuesday night.
Defenseman Brett Burns is riding an eight-game point streak, including a pair of assists in San Jose's 3-2 overtime defeat at New York on Oct. 11. The Sharks, who played eight of their first 11 away from home, take a five-game point streak (4-0-1) into Tuesday's matchup. New York is still seeking its first win away from home, falling to 0-4-1 on the road after giving up a last-minute goal in Sunday's 4-3 loss to the Los Angeles Kings. "It doesn't get any easier," Rangers forward Mats Zuccarello said. "We've just got to stay positive and back each other up. We'll stay a team."
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ABOUT THE RANGERS (3-7-1): New York drew the ire of first-year coach David Quinn with some careless penalties against Los Angeles, including the fifth infraction this season for too many men on the ice. “At the end of the day, we have to stop beating ourselves," Quinn said. “It’s hard enough in this league to beat teams without beating yourself. It has to stop. It’s on me.” Vladislav Namestnikov, Dustin Brown and Ryan Spooner all scored their first goals Sunday.
ABOUT THE SHARKS (6-3-2): Timo Meier capped his first career three-point performance by delivering the game-winner in overtime Sunday to extend his point to a personal-best eight games. San Jose's first-round pick (No. 9 overall) in the 2015 draft, Meier has scored five times in four games to boost his season total to eight and already has 12 points after notching 36 in 2017-18. Defenseman Erik Karlsson had seven shots on goal Sunday after going back-to-back games without one.
OVERTIME
1. Meier and Burns are the third set of San Jose teammates to ever have simultaneous eight-game point streaks.
2. Rangers D Adam McQuaid (lower body) is expected to sit out his second game in a row.
3. Sharks F Logan Couture has 11 points and F Tomas Hertl has nine during their respective six-game point streaks.