Saros was pulled from Tuesday's 7-5 win over the Sharks after allowing four goals on eight shots. Saros struggled badly between the pipes and was lifted after allowing four goals in the first period.

Tommy Novak gave his club a bit of life in the opening period, Fedor Svechkov and Justin Barron brought the Preds to within two in the second stanza, and after four more goals in the third - courtesy of Jonathan Marchessault, Roman Josi, Blankenburg and Filip Forsberg - nobody was quite sure what to believe anymore.

The Nashville Predators are on a seasonal-best four-game winning streak and don’t look to be stopping anytime soon. Despite their performance, there have been some inconsistencies, especially in the net.

Saros will be between the pipes Tuesday versus the Sharks, per Emma Lingan of The Hockey News. Saros will make his 36th appearance of the campaign Tuesday -- he owns an 11-18-6 record, .904 save percentage and 2.

NASHVILLE -- The Nashville Predators scored six straight goals to come back from down four to win 7-5 against the San Jose Sharks at Bridgestone Arena on Tuesday. It was the first four-goal comeback for the Predators in their history.

Yaroslav Askarov is trying to treat Thursday’s start against the Nashville Predators like any other game. “Just trying to prepare for another game,” Askarov said about facing the team that traded him to the San Jose Sharks in the summer.

The Predators are likely to start Juuse Saros, who is looking for his 12th win of the season. The Sharks started former Predators prospect Yaroslav Askarov in net in Monday's 6-3 loss in Boston; they will likely will start Alexandar Georgiev on Tuesday.

Nick Blankenburg scored at 8:09 of the third to lead the Nashville Predators to a 7-5 comeback victory over the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night. Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and three assists, Tommy Novak scored and had two assists and Fedor Svechkov,

The Sharks had a 5-1 lead with 16:32 left in the second period. Nashville then came all the way back and won the game for their fourth straight. Prior to tonight, Nashville had never come back to win a regular season game after being down four goals.

The Nashville Predators will look to extend their winning streak to four games when they host the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday in the first of a home-and-home between the two clubs.

San Jose Sharks' Yaroslav Askarov, the Nashville Predators' top draft pick in 2020, spoke to media about facing his old team on Thursday.

Nashville owns a 14-game point streak (13-0-1) against San Jose that dates back to March 16, 2019, in which the team has allowed more than two goals against only once. The last time the Predators were defeated at home by the Sharks was on Oct. 21, 2018, by a score of 5-4 and the last time they lost on the road was Nov. 9, 2019, in a 2-1 shootout.