San Jose Sharks winger Tyler Toffoli (lower body) will be back in action on Thursday against the Nashville Predators. He will return from a three-game absence to a second-line role, linking up with William Eklund and Macklin Celebrini.

The San Jose Sharks have a miniature homecoming, as many players and staff members are from Boston.

Tyler Toffoli is happy to represent once again. The San Jose Sharks are hosting their annual Pride Night on Saturday against the Minnesota Wild. Toffoli told San Jose Hockey Now that he will, as he often does,

NHL: San Jose Sharks’ Massachusetts ties run deep with Mike Grier, Ryan Warsofsky, Will Smith, Henry Thrun and Collin Graf

Will Smith had a goal and an assist in his New England homecoming, and goalie Yaroslav Askarov, still recovering from the flu and playing at less than 100% health, made 27 saves. But the Sharks have now lost 14 straight games to the Bruins dating back to the 2015-16 season.

The San Jose Sharks are getting their leading goal scorer back in the lineup against the Nashville Predators on Thursday.

The San Jose Sharks will be more than 3,000 miles from home when they visit the Boston Bruins on Monday afternoon, but calling it a homecoming game is not far-fetched.

The Bruins return home after letting a valuable point slip away Saturday in Ottawa as they let a two-goal lead slip away in the final four minutes of regulation before losing in a shootout, 6-5.

Filip Forsberg scored twice and added two assists as the Predators defeated the Minnesota Wild 6-2 on Saturday night. Colton Sissons, Fedor Svechkov, Brady Skjei and Steven Stamkos also scored for Nashville. Captain Roman Josi added two assists and Juuse Saros made 27 saves.

- The Sharks are in eighth place in the Pacific Division with 34 points and a record of 14-27-6. San Jose is 1-4-0 in their last five games. - Mikael Granlund leads the Sharks in assists (25) and points (37) in his second season with San Jose.

Georgiev and the Sharks were playing an Islanders team that had lost five of its last eight games and entered eight points out of a playoff spot on Saturday. The Isles also ranked last in the NHL on both the penalty kill and the power play at 11.9% and penalty kill at 67.0%

ELMONT, N.Y. -- Mathew Barzal and Brock Nelson each had a goal and an assist for the New York Islanders in a 4-1 win against the San Jose Sharks at UBS Arena on Saturday.