Sharks’ Bob Boughner explains his goalie rotation for this weekend

SAN JOSE — Sharks interim coach Bob Boughner will have Aaron Dell in net for Friday’s game with the Winnipeg Jets and plans to give Martin Jones his first start in over two weeks Saturday in Minnesota.

Dell and the Sharks are coming off a 6-2 loss to the Calgary Flames on Monday. Dell faced 37 shots in the game, including 29 in the first two periods when the Sharks were shorthanded three times and the Flames built a 4-2 lead.

“I don’t put any of that game on (Dell),” Boughner said. “We were not detailed and structured, and I thought we left him out to dry a little bit. They’re both going to see a game this weekend regardless. I just thought Dell, playing more often than Jones, gives Jones another day to skate in Winnipeg and be ready for an afternoon game in Minnesota.”

Jones’ last start was Jan. 29, as he stopped 20 shots in a 5-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks.

Since the beginning of January, Jones has started just three games, going 0-2-1 with an .857 save percentage and a 4.32 goals against average. In those three games, the Sharks were outscored 13-6.

With so much time between starts, Jones has had the chance work extensively with goalie coach Evgeni Nabokov and Boughner said he’s looked better in practices.

Jones will also see action on the road when the Sharks play back-to-back games on Feb. 22 and 23 against the New York Rangers and Islanders, respectively. He is 13-17-2 this season and has a 1-9-1 record since the start of December.

“He knows he’s going to see a little bit of a workload here in the next 10 days, which is good,” Boughner said of Jones. “I think he’s had a chance to sort of reflect. The Vancouver game, he played well until the third period and he probably wanted one of those back.

“It’s tough to go that long between starts, where you don’t get a chance to redeem yourself. But he’s going to get some hockey here in the next week.”

Kellman returns: Joel Kellman, who missed the last three games with a lower body injury, will start Friday’s game as the Sharks’ third line center, playing in between wingers Stefan Noesen and Melker Karlsson.

It’s the same spot Kellman was briefly in after Tomas Hertl suffered season-ending ligament damage in his left knee in the Jan. 29 game with Vancouver.

Kellman was moved up from the fourth line to the third line for the Sharks’ Feb. 1 game with the Tampa Bay Lightning, but Kellman was hurt early in that game and didn’t get much of a chance to show what he could do with a larger role.

With Logan Couture still recovering from an ankle injury, Kellman will get another look in that spot.

“It’s a chance for him to sort of solidify that,” Boughner said. “Before he got hurt, he was playing well. That whole line was playing well, so I’m anxious to see them back together. It’s a good chance for him. He’s going to get a few more minutes and we’re going to have to use him on some kills.”

Comings and goings: The Sharks recalled both center Antti Suomela and winger Noah Gregor for the road trip and reassigned Maxim Letunov, who played three games with the Sharks and scored his first NHL on Feb. 6 against the Oilers.

Suomela and Gregor are not expected to play Friday, as it appears the Sharks fourth line will have Marcus Sorensen, Alexander True and Dylan Gambrell.