Backup goaltender Aaron Dell will make his 13th start of the season for the Sharks, who will play the second of back-to-back games following a 3-1 loss to the Nashville Predators on Saturday. Dell is 9-3-1 with a 1.88 GAA and .935 save percentage and is 5-1-0 when starting the second game of back to backs, and the Sharks are 8-3-1 in those situations. "I think a lot of that is the urgency we feel to perform in the back to backs," Dell said. "The second ones are usually the harder games, everyone's a little bit more tired. So I think our attention to detail is a little bit better in those games because it has to be when you're tired." In his previous start, Dell allowed two goals on 33 shots in a 3-2 victory against the Winnipeg Jets, one day after the Sharks lost 3-1 to the Minnesota Wild. "I think he's been consistent all year," coach Peter DeBoer said. "I think he's more comfortable. Now he's got more than just a couple starts under his belt and he's won some games." Forward Melker Karlsson will miss the game with what DeBoer called a minor lower-body injury he sustained against Nashville, and rookie Marcus Sorensen will replace him. Sorensen has one goal and one assist in six NHL games.
