Projected Lineups for the Kraken vs Sharks - 4/5/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Seattle Kraken take on the San Jose Sharks at the SAP Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

KRAKEN (32-38-6) at SHARKS (20-45-10)

10 p.m. ET; KHN, KONG, NBCSCA

Kraken projected lineup

Tye Kartye — Matty Beniers — Kaapo Kakko
Jani Nyman — Chandler Stephenson — Jordan Eberle
Jared McCann — Shane Wright — Andre Burakovsky
Ryan Winterton — John Hayden — Mikey Eyssimont

Vince Dunn — Adam Larsson
Ryker Evans — Brandon Montour
Jamie Oleksiak — Cale Fleury

Joey Daccord
Philipp Grubauer

Scratched: Josh Mahura

Injured: Eeli Tolvanen (undisclosed), Jaden Schwartz (undisclosed)

Status report

The Kraken held an optional morning skate. … Tolvanen and Schwartz each will be a game-time decision after each forward missed a 5-0 win at the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday.

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Sharks projected lineup

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

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

Alexandar Georgiev
Georgi Romanov

Scratched: Nikolai Kovalenko, Klim Kostin

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

Status report

The Sharks held an optional morning skate. … Goalie Gabriel Carriere was returned to San Jose of the American Hockey League on Friday. … Georgiev will start after not dressing for a 3-2 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday. … Rutta, a defenseman, has returned to the ice but remains on injured reserve and will miss his 25th straight game.