Projected Lineups for the Sharks vs Kings - 3/30/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The San Jose Sharks take on the Los Angeles Kings at Crypto.com Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

SHARKS (20-43-9) at KINGS (40-23-9)

10 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN360

Sharks projected lineup

William Eklund — Macklin Celebrini — Will Smith
Collin Graf — Alexander Wennberg — Tyler Toffoli
Ty Dellandrea — Patrick Giles — Cam Lund
Carl Grundstrom — Zack Ostapchuk — Barclay Goodrow

Mario Ferraro — Shakir Mukhamadullin
Lucas Carlsson — Timothy Liljegren
Luca Cagnoni — Jimmy Schuldt

Georgi Romanov
Alexandar Georgiev

Scratched: Noah Gregor, Klim Kostin, Nikolai Kovalenko

Injured: Marc-Edouard Vlasic (upper body), Logan Couture (groin), Jan Rutta (lower body), Henry Thrun (upper body), Vincent Desharnais (upper body)

Status report

Neither team will hold a morning skate. … Schuldt sustained an injury in the third period of a 6-1 loss to the New York Rangers on Saturday; Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky did not have an update on the defenseman after the game. … Vlasic, a defenseman who has missed the past four games, will travel with the team. … Kostin could be a healthy scratch after the forward was benched in the second period. He did not play the final 15:12 of the second before playing four shifts in 3:43 of ice time in the third period.

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Kings projected lineup

Andrei Kuzmenko — Anze Kopitar — Adrian Kempe
Warren Foegele — Phillip Danault — Trevor Moore
Kevin Fiala — Quinton Byfield — Alex Laferriere
Jeff Malott — Samuel Helenius — Trevor Lewis

Mikey Anderson — Drew Doughty
Vladislav Gavrikov — Jordan Spence
Joel Edmundson — Brandt Clarke

David Rittich
Darcy Kuemper

Scratched: Kyle Burroughs, Akil Thomas, Jacob Moverare

Injured: Tanner Jeannot (undisclosed), Alex Turcotte (upper body)

Status report

Rittich is expected to start after Kuemper made 23 saves in a 3-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday.