As many of you know, the San Jose Sharks are stuck in a rut as they have dropped six of their past seven games, including a goose egg in the win column during the month of December. In trying to break his team out of their current funk, head coach Peter DeBoer has decided to shake up his lineup ahead of their matchup tonight against the visiting Minnesota Wild.
For the first time since last February, Joe Thornton will have someone other than Joe Pavelski on his wing (via Kevin Kurz of CSN Bay Area).