Projected Lineups for Sharks vs Wild – 4/9/25

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

SHARKS (20-47-10) at WILD (42-29-7)

8 p.m. ET; FDSNNO, NBCSCA

Sharks projected lineup

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

Mario Ferraro — Timothy Liljegren
Lucas Carlsson — Henry Thrun
Marc-Edouard Vlasic — Jack Thompson

Alexandar Georgiev
Georgi Romanov

Scratched: Klim Kostin

Injured: Logan Couture (groin), Jan Rutta (lower body), Vincent Desharnais (upper body), Jimmy Schuldt (undisclosed), Shakir Mukhamadullin (upper body)

Status report:

Toffoli will be a game-time decision after missing a 3-2 loss to the Calgary Flames on Monday because of a lower-body injury.

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Wild projected lineup

Marcus Foligno — Joel Eriksson Ek — Matt Boldy
Kirill Kaprizov — Marco Rossi — Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson — Frederick Gaudreau — Gustav Nyquist
Yakov Trenin — Ryan Hartman — Justin Brazeau

Jonas Brodin — Brock Faber
Declan Chisholm — Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill — Zach Bogosian

Marc-Andre Fleury
Filip Gustavsson

Scratched: Vinnie Hinostroza, Devin Shore

Injured: Jacob Middleton (upper body)

Status Report:

Kaprizov and Eriksson Ek could return; each forward has been out with a lower-body injury. Kaprizov has missed 28 games and Eriksson Ek 21. … Middleton skated, but the defenseman will miss his second straight game. … Fleury will start for the first time since March 25, when he allowed four goals on 37 shots in a 5-1 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights.

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