Sharks @ Sabres

Who will WIN this matchup?

San Jose Sharks (12-8-4)

@ Buffalo Sabres (16-6-2)

Starting Goalies:

Martin Jones  (SJ): Confirmed

Carter Hutton (BUF): Confirmed

Current odds:

San Jose Sharks: (-140)

Buffalo Sabres: (+120)

• The surprising Buffalo Sabres keep finding ways to win and look to match a franchise record with their 10th straight victory when they host the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night. Buffalo, which last won 10 in a row to start the 2006-07 season, prevailed at Detroit 3-2 on Saturday in a shootout – the sixth time it has won after regulation during the streak – to sit one point out of the top spot in the league after finishing last in 2017-18. Jeff Skinner registered four of his 18 goals in the last three games for the Sabres, who will look for revenge after suffering a 5-1 setback at San Jose on Oct. 18 to extend their losing streak to four against the Sharks.

• San Jose looks to rebound from a dispiriting 6-0 loss at Vegas on Saturday that opened a five-game road trip, following a 4-1-1 homestand. “Part of me thinks we’ve been pretty consistent,” Sharks captain Joe Pavelski told the San Jose Mercury News. “We just came off a pretty good homestand. … We cleaned a few things up on the back end of that. (Saturday), for whatever reasons, it was a game that completely got away from us.”

• Pavelski has cooled off with one point in his last three games after recording six of his 13 goals and four assists over a potent four-game stretch. Defenseman Brent Burns leads the team with 24 points after notching nine assists in the last 11 contests, while Timo Meier (13 goals) and Logan Couture (five points, last four games) are tied for second with 22. Martin Jones, who is 4-1-1 with a 1.98 goals-against average and .925 save percentage against Buffalo in his career, will likely be back in net after Aaron Dell’s two-game shutout streak ended Saturday.

• Captain Jack Eichel has put together a six-game point streak, collecting one goal and eight assists, and leads the team with 28 points – two better than Skinner, who boasts a plus-13 rating. Rookie defenseman Rasmus Dahlin, the first pick in last June’s draft, has raised his production level with one goal and seven assists in his last eight contests and is a plus-5 overall. Carter Hutton (11-6-1, 2.53 GAA, .919 SP), signed as a free agent in the offseason, allowed two or fewer goals in seven of his last 10 appearances with a .931 SP during that stretch.

• San Jose D Erik Karlsson owns two goals and six assists over his last six contests after a seven-game point drought.

• Buffalo F Conor Sheary left practice early Monday with an undisclosed injury and will be a game-time decision.

• The Sharks are 21-of-22 on the penalty kill over the last nine games while the Sabres are 24-of-26 in the past 11.