Vancouver at San Jose

Vancouver has won the past five meetings and eight of nine road games against the Sharks, who are 2-18 in their past 20 against the Pacific Division. The Canucks come off a 5-4 win over Anaheim on Wednesday with Nikita Tolopilo stopping 37 of 41 shots in his first start of the season. San Jose has lost four of seven after a 6-0 rout by Colorado two nights ago. The Sharks are 10-56 in their past 66 games after losing by at least three goals, 8-44 after allowing five or more goals. Tolopilo appears to be the starter again tonight with Thatcher Demko (lower-body injury) and Kevin Lankinen (day-to-day, personal) unavailable. Yaroslav Askarov is 8-6-1 with a 3.02 goals-against average for San Jose. Take the Canucks on the puckline.