Scouting the Sharks

It’s almost game time here in San Jose, as the last of the eight first-round series has its opening faceoff. A reminder that for the radio listeners, tonight’s game will be broadcast on 570-AM. Nick Nickson and Daryl Evans will also be doing a special road version of the “Kings Talk” call-in show after the game, and they will have assistant coach John Stevens as a guest. For some final pregame viewing and reading, check out Heidi Androl’s report from practice this morning by clicking here, check out Fox Sports West interviews with Kyle Clifford, Drew Doughty and Willie Mitchell and, for the Sharks’ angle, check out the recent coverage from the San Jose Mercury News and the Sharks’ official website, followed by tonight’s expected lineups for the Sharks and the Kings.

Sharks notebook: Ian White gets his first taste of the postseason (San Jose Mercury News)

Gary Peterson: Postseason in Sharks center Joe Pavelski’s time to shine (San Jose Mercury News)

San Jose Mercury News Sharks blog

L.A. Confidential (SJSharks.com)

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SHARKS LINEUP
Patrick Marleau-Joe Thornton-Devin Setoguchi
Ryane Clowe-Logan Couture-Dany Heatley
Torrey Mitchell-Joe Pavelski-Kyle Wellwood
Ben Eager-Scott Nichol-Jamal Mayers

Douglas Murray-Dan Boyle
Marc-Edouard Vlasic-Jason Demers
Niclas Wallin-Ian White

Antti Niemi

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KINGS LINEUP
Smyth-Stoll-Williams
Penner-Handzus-Brown
Clifford-Richardson-Simmonds
Ponikarovsky-Lewis-Westgarth

Mitchell-Doughty
Scuderi-Johnson
Martinez-Greene

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