The San Jose Sharks tackle the Chicago Blackhawks on the United Middle tonight. Listed here are the projected/anticipated lineups sourced from NHL.com workers writers, unbiased correspondents, and others.
8:30 p.m. ET; CHSN, NBCSCA
Sharks projected lineup
William Eklund — Mikael Granlund — Tyler Toffoli
Alexander Wennberg — Klim Kostin — Fabian Zetterlund
Luke Kunin — Will Smith — Barclay Goodrow
Carl Grundstrom — Nico Sturm — Ty Dellandrea
Jake Walman — Cody Ceci
Mario Ferraro — Jan Rutta
Henry Thrun — Matt Benning
Vitek Vanecek
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scratched: Danil Gushchin, Givani Smith, Jack Thompson
Injured: Macklin Celebrini (decrease physique) Shakir Mukhamadullin (decrease physique), Thomas Bordeleau (decrease physique), Logan Couture (decrease physique), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (higher physique)
Standing report
- The Sharks held an non-compulsory morning skate Thursday.
- Eklund will probably be a game-time choice due to an upper-body harm; he didn’t observe on Wednesday however took half within the morning skate. If he can not play, Gushchin, a ahead, will enter the lineup.
- Vanecek will begin in purpose after Blackwood made 36 saves in a 3-2 shootout loss on the Dallas Stars on Tuesday.
- Celebrini is eligible to return off the injured listing when San Jose performs on the Winnipeg Jets, however the middle is not going to play and stays week to week; is isn’t touring with the Sharks on their three-game street journey
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Blackhawks projected lineup
Nick Foligno — Connor Bedard — Teuvo Teravainen
Taylor Corridor — Philipp Kurashev — Tyler Bertuzzi
Ilya Mikheyev — Jason Dickinson — Joey Anderson
Patrick Maroon — Lukas Reichel — Craig Smith
Alex Vlasic — Seth Jones
Wyatt Kaiser — T.J. Brodie
Nolan Allan — Connor Murphy
Petr Mrazek
Arvid Soderblom
Scratched: Ryan Donato, Andreas Athanasiou, Isaak Phillips
Injured: Alec Martinez (decrease physique)
Standing report
- Reichel will play for the primary time this season after being a wholesome scratch the primary 4 video games.
- Martinez, a defenseman, was positioned on injured reserve Thursday.
- Phillips, a defenseman, was recalled from Rockford of the American Hockey League on Thursday however isn’t anticipated to play.
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