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Projected Lineups for the Sharks vs Oilers – 12/21/24

The San Jose Sharks take on the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

4 p.m. SN, NBCSCA

Sharks projected lineup

Barclay Goodrow — Mikael Granlund — Fabian Zetterlund
Nikolai Kovalenko — Macklin Celebrini — Tyler Toffoli
William Eklund — Alex Wennberg — Will Smith
Carl Grundstrom — Nico Sturm — Luke Kunin

Jake Walman — Cody Ceci
Mario Ferraro — Jan Rutta
Henry Thrun — Shakir Mukhamadullin

Alexandar Georgiev
Yaroslav Askarov

Scratched: Ty Dellandrea, Timothy Liljegren

Injured: Vitek Vanecek (head)

Status report

The Sharks did not practice Friday

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Oilers projected lineup

Leon Draisaitl — Connor McDavid — Zach Hyman
Vasily Podkolzin — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins — Kasperi Kapanen
Viktor Arvidsson — Adam Henrique — Connor Brown
Jeff Skinner — Mattias Janmark — Corey Perry

Mattias Ekholm — Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse — Troy Stecher
Brett Kulak — Ty Emberson

Calvin Pickard
Stuart Skinner

Scratched: Derek Ryan

Status Report

Draisaitl likely will move to the wing on a line with McDavid, with Nugent-Hopkins shifting to center on the second line. … Pickard will start after Skinner started the previous three.

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Brian Finlayson

Brian Finlayson

Brian Finlayson is a lifelong hockey and overall sports fan who has spent the last several years contributing to The Hockey Writers as part of the Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose writing team.

Brian holds a Bachelor's Degree in Communications & Media from Canadian Mennonite University. He hopes to combine his loves of sports and storytelling to find a career in sports media. In the summer, Brian spends his time writing baseball for the Winnipeg Goldeyes and Winnipeg Sun.

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