NEW YORK — After 157 games in the minor leagues, including 40 last season with the Barracuda, goalie Aaron Dell will make his first career NHL start Tuesday when the Sharks play the New York Islanders at Barclays Center.

Dell, 27, won the job to be the backup to No. 1 goalie Martin Jones midway through training camp and finished the preseason with a 1-0-1 record, a 2.48 goals against average and an .894 save percentage.

“I’ll just go to try and play it like another game, trust my preparation and make sure the boys believe in me,” Dell told radio play-by-play commentator Dan Rusanowsky.

Dell took an interesting, if unconventional, path to get to this point, from playing in the Alberta Junior Hockey League for two years before attending the University of North Dakota from 2009-2012. In three years, he went 49-20-5, winning a handful of individual awards and helping UND win three straight WCHA titles. UND also advanced to the Frozen Four in 2011 under current Philadelphia Flyers coach Dave Hakstol.

From there it was 44 games in the Central League, 41 games in the East Coast Hockey League, and 72 AHL games.

“There’s no need to be nervous for him,” Sharks center Chris Tierney said. “He’s a good player and that’s why he’s here. He seems like a pretty relaxed guy, so I think he’ll be good in there tonight, and we’re going to try and get a win for him.”

Dell starting gives Jones a game off before the Sharks face the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday in a rematch of the Stanley Cup Finals. The Sharks conclude the trip Saturday in Detroit.

The Sharks are making one other lineup change, as Matt Nieto comes out of the lineup and Micheal Haley will go in, taking over Nieto’s spot on the fourth line.

“He did a great job in training camp with us and (the Islanders) have a little bit of a physical identity, so I think he makes us a better team here tonight,” Sharks coach Pete DeBoer said of Haley.

Haley played in the Islanders’ organization from the midway point of the 2007-08 season to 2012. He made his NHL debut with the Islanders on April 10, 2010, and wound up playing 43 games with the team.

He’ll try to help a Sharks team looking to distance itself from Monday’s 7-4 loss to the Rangers.

“We gave up way too much room off the rush, gave up too many odd man attacks, we didn’t well enough,” DeBoer said. “I think it started there. We created enough chances to score. Scoring wasn’t the problem, but our structure was just way too loose and we got what we deserved.”