The San Jose Sharks (15-13-1, 5th Pacific) head across the nation to visit the Carolina Hurricanes (16-11-1, 4th Metropolitan) tonight, still smarting from Tuesday’s reality check. They’ll need to recover quickly, as they’re hitting the road for one of the more difficult road stretches of the season, playing four games in six nights, all against what are probably pretty formidable opponents.
The most formidable among them is probably these very Hurricanes, whose 33 points is more than any of the rest of the teams on the itinerary. That said, Carolina has been inconsistent this season after a roaring start: winning their first five games and sitting briefly atop the league standings the morning of October 12.