The San Jose Sharks welcome the Chicago Blackhawks to the SAP Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
BLACKHAWKS (20-36-9) at SHARKS (17-40-9)
10:30 p.m. ET; CHSN+, NBCSCA
Blackhawks Projected Lineup
Colton Dach — Connor Bedard — Jason Dickinson
Teuvo Teravainen — Ryan Donato — Ilya Mikheyev
Landon Slaggert — Frank Nazar — Nick Foligno
Lukas Reichel — Joe Veleno — Tyler Bertuzzi
Alex Vlasic — Wyatt Kaiser
Ethan Del Mastro — Connor Murphy
Alec Martinez — Artyom Levshunov
Spencer Knight
Arvid Soderblom
Scratched: Philipp Kurashev, TJ Brodie, Pat Maroon, Louis Crevier
Injured: Laurent Brossoit (knee)
Status Report:
Each team held an optional morning skate. … Veleno did not practice Wednesday because of an illness but will play.
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Sharks Projected Lineup
William Eklund — Macklin Celebrini — Tyler Toffoli
Collin Graf — Alexander Wennberg — Will Smith
Nikolai Kovalenko — Ty Dellandrea — Klim Kostin
Barclay Goodrow — Patrick Giles — Noah Gregor
Mario Ferraro — Shakir Mukhmamadullin
Jimmy Schuldt — Vincent Desharnais
Marc-Edouard Vlasic — Timothy Liljegren
Alexandar Georgiev
Georgi Romanov
Scratched: Carl Grundstrom
Injured: Logan Couture (groin), Jan Rutta (lower body), Henry Thrun (upper body)
Status report:
Gregor will make his Sharks debut after being acquired in a trade with the Ottawa Senators on March 7; visa issues delayed his arrival. … Grundstrom, a forward, will be a healthy scratch.
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