The San Jose Sharks will play their fourth game of an eight-game homestand on Thursday, and two NHL firsts will occur against the Carolina Hurricanes.

Georgi Romanov will make his first career start in goal despite tonight's game marking his fourth career appearance. He's been forced to come in on relief duty during the final two games of the 23-24 season and against the Capitals last Saturday.

Romanov will make his first NHL start tomorrow. #SJSharks

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Luca Cagnoni was recalled from the San Jose Barracuda and will make his NHL debut. He will be paired on defense with Vincent Desharnais and run the Sharks' first power play unit. 

Marc-Edouard Vlasic will miss Thursday's game with an upper-body injury he's dealt with the entire season. Sharks head coach Ryan Warsofsky said this injury was the same one that held him out through the first half of the season. 

"Vlasic is going to be out. Upper body, and he's still being evaluated. I'd say it's day-to-day right now," Warsofsky said. "It's probably the same thing he's been dealing with since training camp. He's been trying to play through it, and it got to the point, just after the practice yesterday, that was probably a little bit too much."

Brent Burns will play in his 912th consecutive game and passes former San Jose Sharks legend Patrick Marleau for fifth all-time on the NHL's Iron Man list. 

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