The New Jersey Devils (28-12-3, second Metropolitan) make their annual trip to SAP Center on Monday to face the San Jose Sharks (13-23-8, seventh Pacific) for the second and final time this season. The last time these two teams met, the Sharks had yet to win a game in regulation, and many hoped a trip to Jersey would be their first. That elusive regulation win wouldn’t come until the following game against the Philadelphia Flyers, as San Jose dropped a tight 2-1 game in Jersey.
In the three months since these teams last met, the Devils have been through a fair few ups and downs.