CANADIENS (1-3-1) AT SHARKS (1-3-0)

10:30 p.m. ET; NBCSN, TSN2, RDS, NHL.TV

The Game

The San Jose Sharks have lost three of four games to start the season but will look to extend a 10-game home winning streak against the Montreal Canadiens at SAP Center on Tuesday. San Jose hasn't lost at home to Montreal since Nov. 23, 1999 (3-2 in overtime).

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Tonight marks the first time Sharks fans will get to hear O Canada this season - and some of it will be in French - as the Montreal Canadiens comes to visit as the final game of the five-game homestand.

The Canadiens are similar to the Sharks in that they are looking for their second win on the season, having opened up 1-3-1. 

Saturday night's game saw the Sharks bring the same amount of intensity as was seen during Thursday night's victory over the Sabres, but without any of the puck luck. Since the 2005-06 season, the Sharks have lost 56 games in which they had 40 or more shots against an opponent, good for 5th in the NHL. Tonight the Sharks will look to have more of those shots go into the net.

Initial reports out of practice has no changes to the lineup, with injured defenseman Paul Martin unlikely to travel with the team on the upcoming road trip. Stay tuned for morning skate for further confirmation of the lineup, however.  

Read the latest on the San Jose Sharks from the Mercury News.

With defensemen Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Brent Burns, Justin Braun, Paul Martin and Brenden Dillon, the Sharks have the luxury of a deep blue line and revel in the security they don't need to rush young players into the lineup before their time.

That's what makes the integration of Joakim Ryan and Tim Heed on the back end more of a natural progression. There's no forced move because of salary-cap restrictions. There's nothing driving their promotion other than they've developed to the point they deserve a chance to help the team win.

And a chance is what they've been given.

"You just want to see them get in there and play the way they did during exhibition games, and do their thing," Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said. "Some guys are getting opportunities here, and you want them to make the most of it."

Every year for the last 40 years Roy Sommer has spent his summers in Montana, getting as far away from hockey as possible.

Maybe he doesn't want to deal with the grueling Montana winters, or maybe he just can't get enough of the game that's defined his life, but every August he returns to coach for another year.

There's not much Sommer hasn't accomplished over his 30-plus year coaching career, and not much he hasn't seen. This season, the 60-year old will become the first coach in American Hockey League history to reach 20 years behind the bench.

SAN JOSE -- Thomas Greiss made 40 saves to help the New York Islanders to a 3-1 win against the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center on Saturday.

Anders Lee, Brock Nelson and Cal Clutterbuck scored for the Islanders (2-2-1), who were outshot 16-4 in the third period.

For one night, the NHL's San Jose franchise was not the Sharks, but rather "Los Tiburones."

And they had the jerseys to prove it.

ISLANDERS (1-2-1) AT SHARKS (1-2-0)

10:30 p.m. ET; NBCSCA, MSG+, NHL.TV

The Game

New York Islanders forward Jordan Eberle expects to play against the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center on Saturday after sustaining an upper-body injury in practice on Thursday. However, Islanders coach Doug Weight, who said tests revealed a pinched nerve but no structural damage, hadn't decided whether he would be in the lineup.

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The San Jose Sharks earned their first win on Thursday, a 3-2 victory over the winless Buffalo Sabres. It was a team effort in the win, with the Meier-Tierney-Donskoi line producing two goals (including one that will make all the highlight reels in Donskoi's no-look pass to Tierney). 

It's Hispanic Heritage Night presented by your Northern California Honda Dealers, and Los Tiburones are going all-out to honor their Hispanic fans. There is a full arena Los Tiburones jersey giveaway that looks pretty sweet. 

In addition, tonight's game will also be broadcast in Spanish; on NBCSCA via the SAP option and on sjsharks.com with a live audio broadcast. 

Tonight the Sharks face the New York Islanders, who are 1-2-1 as they continue their road trip through California, having lost 3-2 to the Anaheim Ducks earlier this week. 

Read the latest on the San Jose Sharks from the Mercury News.

It's Friday the 13th, the spookiest day of the year (excluding Halloween). Superstitions come out full-force today, lest people walk underneath a ladder/break a mirror/walk by a black cat and earn bad luck. Or encounter a machete-wielding psycho named Jason. Either one. 

In honor of the day, sjsharks.com asked the Sharks players where (or who) they would haunt if they were a ghost, and got some pretty spooktacular answers.