The Vegas Golden Knights take on the San Jose Sharks at the SAP Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
GOLDEN KNIGHTS (23-8-3) at SHARKS (11-20-6)
10:30 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, NBCSCA
Golden Knights projected lineup
Victor Olofsson — Jack Eichel — Mark Stone
Tomas Hertl — William Karlsson — Keegan Kolesar
Brett Howden — Tanner Laczynski — Pavel Dorofeyev
Tanner Pearson — Cole Schwindt — Alexander Holtz
Noah Hanifin — Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb — Shea Theodore
Nicolas Hague — Zach Whitecloud
Adin Hill
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Ben Hutton, Kaedan Korczak
Injured: Ivan Barbashev (upper body), Nicolas Roy (upper body)
Status report:
Barbashev, a forward, will miss his fourth straight game.
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Sharks projected lineup
Barclay Goodrow — Mikael Granlund — Tyler Toffoli
Fabian Zetterlund — Macklin Celebrini — Will Smith
Nikolai Kovalenko — Alexander Wennberg — Luke Kunin
Carl Grundstrom — Nico Sturm — Ty Dellandrea
Henry Thrun — Cody Ceci
Shakir Mukhamadullin — Jan Rutta
Mario Ferraro — Timothy Liljegren
Alexandar Georgiev
Yaroslav Askarov
Scratched: None
Injured: Vitek Vanecek (head), Jake Walman (lower body), William Eklund (upper body), Klim Kostin (upper body)
Status report
Eklund and Walman each will not play, Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky said. … Kostin took part in San Jose’s morning skate in a regular jersey but is expected to miss his sixth consecutive game; the forward could return against the Calgary Flames on Saturday.
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