The set-up: The San Jose Sharks are off to a 6-3-0 start, following the team's run last year to the Stanley Cup Finals, where the Sharks lost in six games to the Penguins. The Arizona Coyotes welcome San Jose to town with just 2-6-0- record, coming off a season in which they finished out of the playoff picture at 35-39-8 (78 points).

San Jose: Most of the team that advanced to the Stanley Cup Final is back this season but San Jose head coach Peter DeBoer is still trying to find a home for free-agent signing Mikkel Boedker, a former Coyote who signed a four-year, $16 million deal with the Sharks in the summer (he has just one point, a goal, in nine games!). Captain Joe Pavelski increased his point total to 10 (four goals six assists) in his last seven games by scoring and setting up a goal on Saturday for the second time in three contests.

Arizona: Unlike DeBoer, who has a veteran-laden team with multiple stars, Arizona's Dave Tippett coaches a team with four rookies and four second-year players on its 22-man roster. With so much youth in the lineup, along with four new faces added in free agency, Tippett is still tinkering with his lines to find the right mix.

The pick: Louis Domingue will start for Arizona in place of injured starter Mike Smith (left leg) and that's a problem for Arizona. He's 1-5-0 so far, allowing 4.38 GPG with a poor save percentage of .869. However, San Jose is expected to give Mike Smith his fifth straight start and he's got a 2.15 GAA with a .916 save percentage. Expect San Jose to get the lead and control the flow of the game from there, making the Under a 10* play.