Joe Thornton (left knee) and Logan Couture (teeth), the top two centers for the Sharks, each skated for a second straight day but won't be in the lineup. Thornton will miss his second straight game, Couture his sixth, and coach Peter DeBoer said each remains day to day. Forward Jannik Hansen said he expects to play Edmonton in the first round. "If they win tonight, they got home ice pretty much locked up," Hansen said. "Of course it's a big game. It's probably going to end up being this team we play. You want to set the tone early, you want to feel good about yourself, you want to put some thoughts in their head, not good ones. It's going to be not a seven-game series, an eight-game series now probably." Goaltender Martin Jones will make his seventh straight start. The Sharks have won two straight games but are 3-8-0 in their past 11. "We want to beat a good team," DeBoer said. "You're always planting seeds for the playoffs when you're playing teams you potentially might play."