Projected Lineups for the Bruins vs Sharks – 03/22/25

The Boston Bruins visit the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. 

BRUINS (30-31-9) at SHARKS (18-42-9)

10:30 p.m. ET; NBCSCA, NESN

Bruins projected lineup

Morgan Geekie — Pavel Zacha — David Pastrnak
Cole Koepke — Casey Mittelstadt — Vinni Lettieri
Marat Khusnutdinov — Elias Lindholm — Fabian Lysell
John Beecher — Patrick Brown — Jakub Lauko

Nikita Zadorov — Henri Jokiharju
Mason Lohrei — Andrew Peeke
Parker Wotherspoon — Michael Callahan

Joonas Korpisalo
Jeremy Swayman

Scratched: Ian Mitchell

Injured: Charlie McAvoy (shoulder), Hampus Lindholm (knee), Mark Kastelic (upper body)

Status report

Kastelic returned to Boston for further evaluation after the forward was injured in a 5-1 loss at the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday. … Lysell and Callahan each will enter the lineup after being recalled on an emergency basis from Providence of the American Hockey League on Tuesday.

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Sharks projected lineup

Collin Graf — Macklin Celebrini — Will Smith
William Eklund — Alexander Wennberg — Tyler Toffoli
Nikolai Kovalenko — Patrick Giles — Ty Dellandrea
Carl Grundstrom — Zack Ostapchuk — Barclay Goodrow

Mario Ferraro — Shakir Mukhamadullin
Luca Cagnoni — Vincent Desharnais
Lucas Carlsson — Timothy Liljegren

Alexandar Georgiev
Georgi Romanov

Scratched: Klim Kostin, Noah Gregor

Injured: Marc-Edouard Vlasic (upper body), Logan Couture (groin), Jan Rutta (lower body), Henry Thrun (upper body)

Status report

The Sharks held an optional morning skate. … Wennberg did not practice Friday because of a lower-body injury but is expected to play. Carlsson will make his Sharks debut after being recalled from San Jose of the AHL on Friday. … Jimmy Schuldt, a defenseman, was sent down.

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