Calgary will face San Jose in the Pacific Division

San Jose Sharks (19-53-9, eighth in the Pacific Division) vs. Calgary Flames (37-39-5, fifth in the Pacific Division)

Calgary, Alberta; Thursday, 9 p.m. EDT

Bottom line: The San Jose Sharks travel to play the Calgary Flames in the Pacific Division on Thursday.

Calgary has a 37-39-5 record and a 12-12-1 record in the Pacific Division. The Flames are 34-10-3 in games with at least three goals.

San Jose has a record of 7-15-3 in Pacific Division games and 19-53-9 overall. The Sharks are 11-27-4 when committing more penalties than their opponent.

The teams meet for the third time this season on Thursday. In the previous match, the firemen won 3-2 in extra time.

TOP PERFORMANCES: Nazem Kadri scored 29 goals and had 46 assists for the Flags. Andriy Kuzmenko has scored nine goals and seven assists in the last 10 games.

Mikael Granlund had 12 goals and 47 assists for the Sharks. William Eklund has four goals and seven assists in his last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Flames: 4-6-0, averaging 3.1 goals, 5.6 assists, 4.3 penalties and 11.3 penalty minutes, giving up 3.5 goals per game.

Sharks: 3-6-1, averaging 2.2 goals, 3.5 assists, 3.5 penalties and 10.3 penalty minutes, giving up 3.2 goals per game.

INJURIES: Flames: Blake Coleman: day-to-day (upper body), Dan Vladar: out for the season (hip).

Sharks: Alexander Barabanov: out (lower body), Mackenzie Blackwood: day-to-day (undisclosed), Ty Emberson: out for the season (lower body), Matt Benning: out for the season (lower body), Filip Zadina: day-to-day (lower body), Jacob McDonald : Day to Day (unreleased), Vitek Vanecek: June (lower body), Logan Couture: June (groin), Kevin Labanc: Day to Day (unreleased), Jan Rutta: Day to Day (unreleased), Mike Hoffman: Day to Day (unreleased ).

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The Associated Press produced this story using technology from Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.