The Columbus Blue Jackets take on the San Jose Sharks tonight (Nov. 5) at the SAP Center in San Jose. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
BLUE JACKETS (5-5-1) at SHARKS (3-8-2)
10:30 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, NBCSCA
Blue Jackets projected lineup
Yegor Chinakhov — Sean Monahan — Kirill Marchenko
Cole Sillinger — Adam Fantilli — Mikael Pyyhtia
Dmitri Voronkov — Justin Danforth — Mathieu Olivier
James van Riemsdyk — Sean Kuraly — Kevin Labanc
Zach Werenski — Ivan Provorov
Jake Christiansen — Damon Severson
Jack Johnson — David Jiricek
Elvis Merzlikins
Daniil Tarasov
Scratched: Jordan Harris, Zach Aston-Reese
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Sharks projected lineup
Mikael Granlund — Macklin Celebrini — Tyler Toffoli
William Eklund — Alexander Wennberg — Fabian Zetterlund
Barclay Goodrow — Will Smith — Luke Kunin
Carl Grundstrom — Nico Sturm — Ty Dellandrea
Mario Ferraro — Cody Ceci
Jack Thompson — Jan Rutta
Henry Thrun — Timothy Liljegren
Vitek Vanecek
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scratched: Klim Kostin, Givani Smith, Jake Walman
Injured: Lucas Carlsson (undisclosed), Logan Couture (groin), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (upper body)
Status report
- Celebrini and Dellandrea each are expected to return. Celebrini has missed 12 games after reaggravating a hip injury in his NHL debut, a 5-4 overtime loss to the St. Louis Blues on Oct. 10. Dellandrea has missed four games because of an upper-body injury.
- Forwards Ethan Cardwell and Danil Gushchin were not on the ice for the Sharks’ morning skate; each is expected to be sent to San Jose of the American Hockey League to make room on the roster.
- Walman, a defenseman, will be a healthy scratch.
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