The San Jose Sharks take on the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
SHARKS (6-10-4) at STARS (11-6-0)
8 p.m. ET; Victory+, NBCSCA
Sharks projected lineup
Barclay Goodrow — Macklin Celebrini — Will Smith
William Eklund — Mikael Granlund — Fabian Zetterlund
Ty Dellandrea — Alexander Wennberg — Tyler Toffoli
Carl Grundstrom — Klim Kostin — Luke Kunin
Henry Thrun — Cody Ceci
Mario Ferraro — Timothy Liljegren
Jake Walman — Jan Rutta
Mackenzie Blackwood
Yaroslav Askarov
Scratched: Givani Smith, Jack Thompson
Injured: Logan Couture (groin), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (upper body), Nico Sturm (upper body), Vitek Vanecek (upper body)
Status report
- The Sharks recalled Askarov from San Jose of the American Hockey League on Sunday after Vanecek was injured in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday. Vanecek traveled with the team, and the goalie could be available to play Thursday at the St. Louis Blues.
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Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz — Evgenii Dadonov
Mason Marchment — Matt Duchene — Tyler Seguin
Jamie Benn — Wyatt Johnston — Logan Stankoven
Oskar Back — Sam Steel — Mavrik Bourque
Miro Heiskanen — Esa Lindell
Thomas Harley — Ilya Lyubushkin
Nils Lundkvist — Mathew Dumba
Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Colin Blackwell, Brendan Smith
Injured: None
- The Stars held an optional morning skate.
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