Preview/Lines #36: Gadjovich Looking to Keep Scoring on Brother-in-Law Martin

So who will Jonah Gadjovich’s wife Allison be cheering for in the San Jose Sharks-Vancouver Canucks match-up tonight?

It’s not that obvious: After all, Spencer Martin, the Canucks’ starting goaltender, is her older brother.

When asked about this conflict on Dec. 7, a 6-5 Sharks’ OT loss to the Canucks, Alli replied on Instagram, “It was a very confusing game for me haha!!”

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Gadjovich happened to score his first goal of the season on his brother-in-law that night.

.@JGadjovich scores on his brother-in-law…think it'll make Christmas dinner weird? 😏 pic.twitter.com/GRLD56Fy8t

— San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) December 8, 2022

We could see a repeat tonight: Gadjovich told San Jose Hockey Now last week with a smile that he’s actually not stranger to scoring goals on Martin.

During the abbreviated 2020-21 AHL season, Gadjovich, then of the Utica Comets, played Martin, then of the Syracuse Crunch, four times and scored three goals on his brother-in-law.

There could be one more Gadjovich-Martin faceoff this season: The Sharks visit Vancouver again on Mar. 23.

San Jose Sharks (11-18-6)

Quinn says Svechnikov will play tonight, Reimer starts, not sure who leaves line-up for Hertl yet

— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) December 27, 2022

This is how the Sharks lined up in their last game:

#SJSharks lines tonight:

Meier-Couture-Barabanov
Nieto-Bonino-Labanc
Gregor-Sturm-Svechnikov
Gadjovich-Lorentz-Lindblom

Megna-Karlsson
Vlasic-Benning
Harrington-Ferraro

Reimer

— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) December 23, 2022

Vancouver Canucks (15-15-3)

Martin will start:

Morning skate #Canucks forward lines

Mikheyev-Horvat-Boeser
Garland-Miller-Lazar
Kuzmenko-Pettersson-Pederson
Joshua-Åman-Studnicka
Dries

They didn’t show d-pairs, but Dermott is back, so they have 8 defensemen on the ice. @Sportsnet650 pic.twitter.com/Rzp9zed5cx

— Brendan Batchelor (@BatchHockey) December 27, 2022

Where to Watch

The San Jose Sharks will take on the Vancouver Canucks at 7 PM PST at Rogers Arena. Watch it live on NBC Sports California. Listen to it on the Sharks Audio Network.