Projected Lineups For the Blackhawks vs Sharks – 10/31/24

The Chicago Blackhawks take on the San Jose Sharks at SAP Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

BLACKHAWKS (3-6-1) at SHARKS (2-7-2)

10:30 p.m. ET; CHSN, NBCSCA, SN360, SN

Blackhawks projected lineup

Philipp Kurashev — Connor Bedard — Teuvo Teravainen
Taylor Hall — Nick Foligno — Tyler Bertuzzi
Ilya Mikheyev — Jason Dickinson — Ryan Donato
Patrick Maroon — Lukas Reichel — Craig Smith

Wyatt Kaiser — Seth Jones
Alex Vlasic — Connor Murphy
Nolan Allan — T.J. Brodie

Petr Mrazek
Arvid Soderblom

Scratched: Andreas Athanasiou, Joey Anderson

Injured: Alec Martinez (right groin), Laurent Brossoit (knee)

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Sharks projected lineup

William Eklund — Mikael Granlund — Tyler Toffoli
Danil Gushchin — Alexander Wennberg — Fabian Zetterlund
Barclay Goodrow — Will Smith — Luke Kunin
Carl Grundstrom — Nico Sturm — Ethan Cardwell

Jake Walman — Cody Ceci
Mario Ferraro — Jan Rutta
Henry Thrun — Jack Thompson

Mackenzie Blackwood
Vitek Vanecek

Scratched: Klim Kostin, Givani Smith, Timothy Liljegren

Injured: Lucas Carlsson (undisclosed), Logan Couture (groin), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (upper body), Macklin Celebrini (lower body), Ty Dellandrea (upper body)

Status report

• Celebrini, a center, resumed team activities with the Sharks on Thursday but will miss his 11th straight game; he remains week to week.
• Liljegren, acquired in a trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday, arrived in San Jose on Thursday but will not play; the defenseman said he expects to join the Sharks for practice Saturday.

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