Projected Lineups for the Sharks vs. Canucks – 04/14/25

The Vancouver Canucks welcome the San Jose Sharks to Rogers Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. 

SHARKS (20-49-11) at CANUCKS (37-29-14)

10 p.m. ET; SNP, NBCSCA

Sharks Projected Lineup

Nikolai Kovalenko — Macklin Celebrini — Will Smith
William Eklund — Alex Wennberg — Tyler Toffoli
Noah Gregor — Ty Dellandrea — Barclay Goodrow
Carl Grundstrom — Cameron Lund — Danil Gushchin

Henry Thrun — Timothy Liljegren
Lucas Carlsson — Jimmy Schuldt
Marc-Edouard Vlasic — Luca Cagnoni

Alexandar Georgiev
Georgi Romanov

Scratched: None

Injured: Thomas Bordeleau (upper body), Jan Rutta (lower body), Zack Ostapchuk (lower body), Jack Thompson (upper body), Klim Kostin (lower body), Vincent Desharnais (upper body), Mario Ferraro (lower body), Shakir Mukhamadullin (upper body)

Status Report: 

Georgiev will start after Romanov made 25 saves in a 5-2 loss at the Calgary Flames on Sunday. San Jose lost four players to injury; forwards Ostapchuk and Bordeleau and defensemen Rutta and Thompson are each considered day-to-day, according to coach Ryan Warsofsky. The Sharks recalled Gushchin, Cagnoni, and Schuldt from San Jose of the American Hockey League on Monday, and they are expected to arrive in time for the game. Lund returns after missing the game Sunday with an illness.

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Canucks Projected Lineup

Nils Hoglander — Pius Suter — Conor Garland
Jake DeBrusk — Ty Mueller — Brock Boeser
Dakota Joshua — Aatu Raty — Kiefer Sherwood
Drew O’Connor — Teddy Blueger — Linus Karlsson

Quinn Hughes — Elias Nils Pettersson
Marcus Pettersson — Filip Hronek
Kirill Kudryavtsev — Victor Mancini

Nikita Tolopilo
Kevin Lankinen

Scratched: None

Injured: Derek Forbort (orbital bone), Thatcher Demko (illness), Max Sasson (undisclosed), Tyler Myers (undisclosed), Filip Chytil (concussion), Noah Juulsen (lower body), Elias Pettersson (upper body), Nils Aman (upper body)

Status Report: 

Tolopilo will make his NHL debut because Demko, a goalie, will not play again this season. … Kudryavtsev will also make his NHL debut after being recalled from Abbotsford of the AHL on an emergency basis after Forbort, a defenseman, was injured in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Minnesota Wild on Saturday.

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