Projected Lineups for the Sharks vs Canadiens – 2/27/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The San Jose Sharks take on the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

SHARKS (15-36-8) at CANADIENS (27-26-5)

7 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, NBCSCA

Sharks projected lineup

William Eklund — Macklin Celebrini — Tyler Toffoli
Fabian Zetterlund — Alexander Wennberg — Will Smith
Collin Graf — Nico Sturm — Luke Kunin
Klim Kostin — Ty Dellandrea — Barclay Goodrow

Jake Walman — Henry Thrun
Mario Ferraro — Timothy Liljegren
Marc-Edouard Vlasic — Shakir Mukhamadullin

Alexandar Georgiev
Vitek Vanecek

Scratched: Carl Grundstrom, Jack Thompson, Walker Duehr

Injured: Nikolai Kovalenko (upper body), Logan Couture (lower body), Jan Rutta (lower body)

Status report:

Liljegren will return after missing a 2-1 overtime loss at the Winnipeg Jets on Monday because of an upper-body injury. … Kovalenko, a forward, wore a no-contact jersey for a second straight day at the Sharks optional morning skate.

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Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhook — Owen Beck — Patrik Laine
Josh Anderson — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher
Emil Heineman — Jake Evans — Joel Armia

Mike Matheson — Alexandre Carrier
Lane Hutson — Jayden Struble
Arber Xhekaj — David Savard

Sam Montembeault
Jakub Dobes

Scratched: None

Injured: Kirby Dach (lower body), Kaiden Guhle (lacerated quadricep muscle), Michael Pezzetta (lower body)

Status report:

The Canadiens expect to have an update on the extent of Dach’s injury by Friday; the forward did not play in a 4-0 win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday. … Anderson will play; the forward left Tuesday after slamming into the end boards midway through the third period.

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