The San Jose Sharks take on the Calgary Flames at the Scotiabank Saddledome tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
SHARKS (15-35-7) at FLAMES (26-21-8)
8 p.m. ET; SNW, NBCSCA
Sharks projected lineup
William Eklund — Macklin Celebrini — Tyler Toffoli
Fabian Zetterlund — Alex Wennberg — Will Smith
Collin Graf — Nico Sturm — Luke Kunin
Barclay Goodrow — Ty Dellandrea — Walker Duehr
Jake Walman — Henry Thrun
Mario Ferraro — Timothy Liljegren
Shakir Mukhamadullin — Jack Thompson
Alexandar Georgiev
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Carl Grundstrom, Klim Kostin, Marc-Edouard Vlasic
Injured: Logan Couture (lower body), Jan Rutta (lower body), Nikolai Kovalenko (upper body)
Status report
The Sharks did not hold a morning skate. … Sturm was activated from injured reserve Friday and will play; he missed eight games because of a lower-body injury. Wennberg will play after missing four games because of an upper-body injury.
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Flames projected lineup
Jonathan Huberdeau — Nazem Kadri — Matt Coronato
Connor Zary — Mikael Backlund — Blake Coleman
Joel Farabee — Morgan Frost — Yegor Sharangovich
Ryan Lomberg — Kevin Rooney — Martin Pospisil
Kevin Bahl — Rasmus Andersson
Joel Hanley — MacKenzie Weegar
Jake Bean — Brayden Pachal
Dustin Wolf
Dan Vladar
Scratched: Adam Klapka, Ilya Solovyov, Daniil Miromanov
Injured: None
Status report
The Flames held an optional morning skate. … Zary, who missed 15 games with a lower-body injury, and Bahl, who has missed eight games because of an upper-body injury, could return. They are on injured reserve but are expected to be activated before the game, according to coach Ryan Huska.
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