Projected Lineups for the Hurricanes vs Sharks – 3/20/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

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

HURRICANES (41-22-4) at SHARKS (18-41-9)

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

Hurricanes projected lineup

Jackson Blake — Sebastian Aho — Seth Jarvis
Taylor Hall — Jesperi Kotkaniemi — Jack Roslovic
Jordan Martinook — Jordan Staal — Logan Stankoven
Eric Robinson — Mark Jankowski — Tyson Jost

Jaccob Slavin — Brent Burns
Shyne Gostisbehere — Dmitry Orlov
Sean Walker — Jalen Chatfield

Frederik Andersen
Pyotr Kochetkov

Scratched: Scott Morrow

Injured: William Carrier (lower body), Andrei Svechnikov (upper body), Jasper Fast (neck)

Status report:

Orlov is expected to return after missing five games with an upper-body injury. … Svechnikov, a forward, is on the trip with the Hurricanes, but will miss his fourth straight game.

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Sharks projected lineup

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

Mario Ferraro — Shakir Mukhamadullin
Jimmy Schuldt — Timothy Liljegren
Luca Cagnoni — Vincent Desharnais

Georgi Romanov
Alexandar Georgiev

Scratched: Klim Kostin, Noah Gregor

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

Status report:

Cagnoni will make his NHL debut. … Romanov will make his first NHL start; he has appeared in three other NHL games, all in relief. … Schuldt was recalled from San Jose of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. … Vlasic re-aggravated his injury and will not play; Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky said the defenseman is still being evaluated… Kovalenko will be back in the lineup after being a healthy scratch for a 5-1 loss to the Washington Capitals on Saturday.