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Nov 17, 2015 - 4:20 AM Among the worst home teams in the NHL, the Boston Bruins are trying to turn things around. A matchup with the San Jose Sharks will make that tougher.The Bruins attempt to build on just their second home win of the season Tuesday night when they face the Sharks, one of the league's best on the road.
Boston (8-7-1) has won six of eight road games but has failed to carry that success back to TD Garden, where it's 2-5-1 after going 24-10-7 to tie for third-best home record in the Eastern Conference last season.
"It was kind of one of those things where we were playing not to lose," defenseman Torey Krug said. "I know it's a cliche that you have to play to win."
The Bruins are hoping Saturday's 3-1 win over Detroit is the start of a turnaround after opening this five-game homestand with a 3-2 loss to Colorado two days earlier.
"It's huge," said defenseman Kevan Miller, who assisted on Krug's first goal of the season Saturday. "We have three more games at home before we head back on the road. I think it's important that we build on this."
The issues at home haven't been much of a problem for David Krejci. The center has 10 of his team-leading 18 points there after opening the scoring in Boston's three-goal second period against the Red Wings.
Krejci has one goal and one assist in each of the last two home matchups against San Jose (9-8-0) with the Bruins winning both.
The Sharks, though, are 6-3-0 on the road, winning three straight after taking the first two of this season-high six-game trip. They won 2-1 at Buffalo on Saturday on Patrick Marleau's overtime tally.
"It's nice to get two wins, but you've got to keep it going because if you lose your next two games, you're back to where you started," defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic told the team's official website after getting one goal and one assist. "In this league you've got to get wins together in order to create separation with the teams behind you."
Joe Pavelski assisted on Vlasic's power-play goal against the Sabres, giving him nine points on the road. The center leads the Sharks with nine goals and 15 points, and he has seven points in his last six meetings with the Bruins.
Pavelski scored twice and assisted on a goal by Tomas Hertl in a 7-4 home win over Boston on Dec. 4.
Martin Jones is likely to face the Bruins for the first time. He's stopped 56 of 59 shots while winning the first two games of this trip after being pulled for giving up two goals on three shots in the first 3:30 of a 4-2 loss to the New York Islanders.
"That's as well as I've seen him play," coach Peter DeBoer said after Jones made 30 saves against the Sabres. "I thought he was excellent. We needed him to be our best player."
The Bruins will likely turn to Tuukka Rask, who had 22 saves Saturday after giving up eight goals on 49 shots while losing his previous two at home.
"I look good when the team looks good," said Rask, who made 37 saves while giving up a career high in goals at San Jose in December.
- SAN JOSE: 5
BOSTON: 4
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Feb 26 4:48 PM - SAN JOSE: 5
BOSTON: 4
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Nov 17 9:40 PM - SAN JOSE: 5
BOSTON: 4
End of Regulation
Nov 17 9:40 PM - End of 3rd Period.
Nov 17 9:38 PM - Power play - Goal scored by Patrice Bergeron assisted by Ryan Spooner and David Krejci
Sharks 5, Bruins 4 3rd - 13:32Nov 17 9:12 PM - End of 2nd Period.
Nov 17 8:43 PM - SAN JOSE: 5
BOSTON: 3
End of 2nd
Nov 17 8:42 PM - Power play - Goal scored by Joe Thornton assisted by Joe Pavelski and Brent Burns
Sharks 5, Bruins 3 2nd - 10:39Nov 17 8:23 PM - Power play - Goal scored by Patrick Marleau assisted by Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Brent Burns
Sharks 4, Bruins 3 2nd - 11:04Nov 17 8:18 PM - Goal scored by Melker Karlsson assisted by Joe Thornton and Joe Pavelski
Sharks 3, Bruins 3 2nd - 14:04Nov 17 8:11 PM - Goal scored by Loui Eriksson assisted by David Krejci and Dennis Seidenberg
Sharks 2, Bruins 3 2nd - 18:07Nov 17 8:04 PM - SAN JOSE: 2
BOSTON: 2
End of 1st
Nov 17 7:43 PM - End of 1st Period.
Nov 17 7:43 PM - Goal scored by Joonas Donskoi assisted by Paul Martin and Tommy Wingels
Sharks 2, Bruins 2 1st - 4:52Nov 17 7:37 PM - Power play - Goal scored by Brad Marchand assisted by Zdeno Chara and Brett Connolly
Sharks 1, Bruins 2 1st - 8:10Nov 17 7:30 PM - Goal scored by Tyler Randell assisted by Dennis Seidenberg
Sharks 1, Bruins 1 1st - 10:40Nov 17 7:25 PM - Goal scored by Joe Pavelski assisted by Melker Karlsson and Joe Thornton
Sharks 1, Bruins 0 1st - 19:18Nov 17 7:09 PM - Joe Pavelski won faceoff against Patrice Bergeron in neutral zone
Nov 17 7:08 PM - SAN JOSE: 0
BOSTON: 0
1st Period - 20:00
Nov 17 7:08 PM
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