After a five-day break, the Sharks return to battle the Canucks at 7 p.m. on Saturday in Vancouver. San Jose holds a three-point lead in the Pacific on Edmonton with two games in hand as neither Anaheim nor the Oilers took advantage of the Sharks’ week off.
The Sharks beat the Canucks 4-1 in the teams’ only meeting of the season so far, but this time they’ll have to battle a new opponent: mumps. That’s right, mumps are back with a vengeance in the NHL and the Sharks are about to head into a war zone.