Projected Lineups for the Sharks vs Bruins – 1/20/25

The San Jose Sharks take on the Boston Bruins at TD Garden today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

SHARKS (14-28-6) at BRUINS (22-19-6)

1 p.m. ET; NBCSCA, NESN

Sharks projected lineup

Fabian Zetterlund — Mikael Granlund — Will Smith
William Eklund — Macklin Celebrini — Ty Dellandrea
Carl Grundstrom — Alex Wennberg — Luke Kunin
Barclay Goodrow — Nico Strum — Collin Graf

Jake Walman — Cody Ceci
Mario Ferraro — Henry Thrun
Marc-Edouard Vlasic — Jan Rutta

Yaroslav Askarov
Alexandar Georgiev

Scratched: Timothy Liljegren

Injured: Tyler Toffoli (lower body), Logan Couture (lower body), Vitek Vanecek (upper body), Nikolai Kovalenko (upper body), Klim Kostin (lower body)

Status report

Toffoli, a forward, is expected to miss his second straight game because of an injury sustained during the morning skate Saturday prior to a 4-1 loss at the New York Islanders.

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Bruins projected lineup

Morgan Geekie — Pavel Zacha — David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand — Matthew Poitras — Vinni Lettieri
Trent Frederic — Elias Lindholm — Charlie Coyle
Justin Brazeau — John Beecher — Mark Kastelic

Nikita Zadorov — Andrew Peeke
Parker Wotherspoon — Brandon Carlo
Mason Lohrei — Jordan Oesterle

Jeremy Swayman
Joonas Korpisalo

Scratched: Michael Callahan, Oliver Wahlstrom

Injured: Charlie McAvoy (undisclosed), Hampus Lindholm (lower body), Cole Koepke (upper body)

Status report

McAvoy, a defenseman, will miss his third straight game; he was eligible to be activated from injured reserve Saturday. … Zacha did not practice Sunday but is expected to play.

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