Projected Lineups for Sharks at Oilers – 4/11/25

The San Jose Sharks take on the Edmonton Oilers today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

SHARKS (20-47-11) at OILERS (45-28-5)

9:30 p.m. ET; SN360, NBCSCA+

Sharks projected lineup

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

Jan Rutta — Timothy Liljegren
Lucas Carlsson — Henry Thrun
Marc-Edouard Vlasic — Jack Thompson

Georgi Romanov
Alexandar Georgiev

Scratched: Klim Kostin

Injured: Logan Couture (groin), Vincent Desharnais (upper body), Mario Ferraro (lower body), Shakir Mukhamadullin (upper body)

Status report:

Rutta will return after missing 27 games with a lower-body injury; he will take the place of Ferraro, a defenseman who is out for the rest of the season after blocking a shot during an 8-7 overtime loss at the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday. 

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Oilers projected lineup

Jeff Skinner — Connor McDavid — Connor Brown
Viktor Arvidsson — Adam Henrique — Zach Hyman
Vasily Podkolzin — Mattias Janmark — Corey Perry
Max Jones — Noah Philp — Kasperi Kapanen

Mattias Ekholm — Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse — Ty Emberson
Brett Kulak — Troy Stecher

Calvin Pickard
Stuart Skinner

Scratched: Cam Dineen

Injured: Leon Draisaitl (undisclosed), Trent Frederic (ankle), Evander Kane (hip, knee), John Klingberg (lower body), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (illness), Alec Regula (knee), Jake Walman (undisclosed)

Status Report:

Draisaitl will miss his fourth straight game; the center said Friday he wants to return before the end of the regular season to get ready for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. … Ekholm will return after missing seven games with a lower-body injury. …Dineen, a defenseman, was recalled from Bakersfield of the American Hockey League on an emergency basis Thursday after the Oilers played with five defensemen in a 4-3 win against the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday. … Skinner will dress and back up Pickard after missing seven games with a head injury. … Edmonton loaned goalie Olivier Rodrigue to Bakersfield on Thursday.

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