Ducks at Sharks preview

DUCKS (9-7-3) at SHARKS (10-8-0)
10:30 p.m. ET; NBCSCA, FS-W, NHL.TV

Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle did not name a starting goalie after John Gibson made a season-high 50 saves in a 3-2 victory against the Florida Panthers at Honda Center on Sunday. If not Gibson, Reto Berra, who has made three appearances but no starts, would play.
The Sharks have lost two straight games, including 3-1 to the Boston Bruins on Saturday, and have scored two or fewer goals in five of their past six.

Players to watch

Ducks defenseman Josh Manson has scored a goal each of his past two games after not scoring in his first 17 games this season.
Sharks goaltender Martin Jones has held opponents to two or fewer goals in 10 of his past 11 games.

They said it

"We've worked extremely hard at it and spent a lot of time on it, and some people would say we spent too much time on it, of practicing, but we didn't believe that."-- Ducks coach Randy Carlyle on the improving power play
"We're getting some very good chances. Some guys aren't putting the puck in the back of the net. There's only so much the coaches can do. If you're getting chances, you got to score." -- Sharks center Logan Couture

Ducks projected lineup

Rickard Rakell -- Derek Grant -- Corey Perry
Andrew Cogliano -- Chris Wagner -- Jakob Silfverberg
Nick Ritchie -- Antoine Vermette -- Kevin Roy
Mike Liambas -- Dennis Rasmussen -- Logan Shaw
Hampus Lindholm -- Josh Manson
Cam Fowler -- Brandon Montour
Sami Vatanen -- Kevin Bieksa
John Gibson
Reto Berra
Scratched:Francois Beauchemin, Jaycob Megna, Korbinian Holzer
Injured:Ryan Miller (lower body), Ryan Getzlaf (face), Patrick Eaves (illness), Ryan Kesler (hip surgery), Jared Boll (lower body), Ondrej Kase (upper body)

Sharks projected lineup

Kevin Labanc -- Joe Thornton -- Joe Pavelski
Joonas Donskoi -- Logan Couture -- Tomas Hertl
Mikkel Boedker -- Chris Tierney -- Jannik Hansen
Timo Meier -- Danny O'Regan -- Joel Ward
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Justin Braun
Joakim Ryan -- Brent Burns
Brenden Dillon -- Tim Heed
Martin Jones
Aaron Dell
Scratched:Ryan Carpenter, Dylan DeMelo
Injured:Paul Martin (ankle), Barclay Goodrow (upper body), Melker Karlsson (upper body)

Status report

Labanc will replace Karlsson in the lineup. ... Jones will make his 14th start of the season. ... Liambas is expected to play his second straight game.

Stat pack

The Ducks have gone 5-for-11 (45.5 percent) on the power play over their past four games.