San Jose Sharks: Week ahead includes dates with Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues and Anaheim Ducks

Wednesday, November 27: Los Angeles Kings

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A familiar foe with some unfamiliar faces. Barring some sort of miracle, the Sharks won’t be facing down Jonathan Quick on Wednesday night. Whether or not that’s a good thing depends on whether or not Ben Scrivens is still bent on doing his Quick impression against San Jose.

Since the typical backup took over for Quick, he’s been superb. Dating back to November 15, Scrivens has allowed just five goals across five games played. Here’s the rub for L.A. right now though: while their goaltending is excellent like always, secondary scoring has dried up almost entirely.

It’s clear that his team is missing Jeff Carter, and while youngsters like Linden Vey are trying to provide some offense, they’re still AHL forwards in Kings sweaters. If the Sharks can get L.A. to play a track meet-like contest, they’ll have a good chance of winning here. Of course, they’ll need to get a few behind Scrivens, but San Jose has the horses for that.