5 Things to Know: Rangers at Sharks

• Tonight the Rangers head to San Jose to face the Sharks for the second time this season

• New York is 4-4-2 in the last 10 games

• The Blueshirts are 27-10-1 on the road in 2016-17

• The Rangers currently own the first Wild Card slot in the Eastern Conference with 96 points

• Rangers’ right wing, Mats Zuccarello notched an assist in Sunday’s 6-3 loss to the Anaheim Ducks

• The Rangers’ leading scorer scored a goal and picked up two assists in the first meeting with the Sharks on Oct. 17

• Zuccarello takes the ice tonight with 15 goals and 40 assists for 55 points, including 11 points in 13 games in March

“We wanted Hank to come in hitting on all cylinders and I don’t think we were all that sharp in front of him.”

 — Rangers’ center, Derek Stepan on playing in front of Henrik Lundqvist in his first game back in Sunday’s loss to the Ducks

Rangers’ forward, Rick Nash and Sharks’ center, Joe Thornton were teammates with Team Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2010 Winter Olympics. In addition, Nash and Thornton were teammates with HC Davos of National League A in Switzerland in 2004-05 and again in 2012-13.

Watch Bill Pidto, Steve Valiquette and Ron Duguay talk about some unlucky bounces that cost Henrik Lundqvist in his return.