SAN JOSE — The Sharks could use an adrenaline boost after two straight losses on home ice. So perhaps it is perfect timing that one of the biggest rock bands in the world will be in the building Wednesday when the Sharks host the rival Los Angeles Kings.

The Sharks are holding “Metallica Night” on Wednesday at SAP Center, with band members James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich taking part in a few activities during the night, including a ceremonial puck drop and being involved with in-game programming.

According to a release on the band’s website, members of Metallica — who have been based in the Bay Area since the early 1980s — have been supporters of the Sharks “going back to the mid-90’s when the team permanently moved to San Jose.”

For years, the Sharks’ entrance music as they step onto the ice before the start of each game has been “Seek and Destroy” from Metallica’s 1983 album “Kill ’em all.” Metallica has sold over 110 million records worldwide and has won nine Grammy Awards.

“We had the band at a game last year in a suite, and we figured it would be a good idea to celebrate their support of the Sharks and the fact they’re still a very popular band in the Bay Area,” Sharks chief operating officer John Tortora said recently. “So we wanted to have Metallica Night. And it’s working out pretty well. We’re choosing a game against a good rival and we’re going to have a very exciting crowd at the game.”

The Sharks Foundation is hosting a blind auction featuring limited edition Metallica jerseys Wednesday night. Each band member — which includes Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo — will have a jersey with their name and all four jerseys will be signed by the members of the band.

This blind auction will begin at 6:15 p.m. at the Sharks Foundation booth outside of Section 118. Bidding will close at the end of the first intermission and the winners will be displayed at the second intermission.

ln addition, one jersey, signed by the four band members, of team mascot S.J. Sharkie will be available. For fans unable to make it to the game, another set of four jerseys available for online auction after Wednesday’s game.

The Sharks sold out of specially priced tickets for the game that gave fans commemorative Metallica Night t-shirts, with a portion of those proceeds benefitting the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Sierra Club.

The Sharks, coming off losses to the Calgary Flames and New Jersey Devils, will be wearing their away white jerseys for the game.

“We’ve got to be energized coming to the rink tomorrow, ready for a game that’s going to be like a playoff game,” Sharks forward Logan Couture said Tuesday. “There’s nothing better than playing a rival. It’ll be a great environment in the building. Metallica Night is probably going to add to it. So if we can’t get up for that game, we’ve got some major issues.”

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