The San Jose Sharks take on the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
SHARKS (11-19-6) at CANUCKS (16-10-7)
9 p.m. ET; Prime, NBCSCA
Sharks projected lineup
Mikael Granlund — Macklin Celebrini — Tyler Toffoli
William Eklund — Alex Wennberg — Will Smith
Nikolai Kovalenko — Luke Kunin — Fabian Zetterlund
Barclay Goodrow — Nico Sturm — Ty Dellandrea
Henry Thrun — Cody Ceci
Mario Ferraro — Timothy Liljegren
Shakir Mukhamadullin — Jan Rutta
Yaroslav Askarov
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: Carl Grundstrom
Injured: Vitek Vanecek (head), Jake Walman (lower body)
Status report
Walman, a top-pair defenseman, is day to day; Thrun moves up into his place alongside Ceci and Mukhamadullin returns to the lineup after being scratched for a 3-2 overtime loss at the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. … Askarov will make consecutive starts for the first time in the NHL after making 39 saves at Edmonton. … San Jose shook up its forward lines, moving Granlund from center to wing, dropping Goodrow from the first to fourth line, and moving Kunin from wing to center.
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Canucks projected lineup
Jake DeBrusk — Elias Pettersson — Nils Hoglander
Phil Di Giuseppe — J.T. Miller — Brock Boeser
Dakota Joshua — Pius Suter — Conor Garland
Danton Heinen — Teddy Blueger — Kiefer Sherwood
Quinn Hughes — Tyler Myers
Carson Soucy — Noah Juulsen
Derek Forbort — Vincent Desharnais
Thatcher Demko
Kevin Lankinen
Scratched: Erik Brannstrom, Max Sasson, Linus Karlsson
Injured: Filip Hronek (upper body)
Status report:
The Canucks did not hold a morning skate Monday, but Hoglander will return after two games as a healthy scratch, Karlsson, a forward, comes out of the lineup, and Demko will start after Lankinen started the previous two.
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