Blackhawks at Sharks

BLACKHAWKS (26-41-11) at SHARKS (30-35-12)

Blackhawks projected lineup
Alex DeBrincat -- Dylan Strome -- Patrick Kane
Dominik Kubalik -- Jonathan Toews -- Tyler Johnson
Philipp Kurashev -- Sam Lafferty -- Taylor Raddysh
Henrik Borgstrom -- Reese Johnson -- Boris Katchouk
Alex Vlasic -- Seth Jones
Jake McCabe -- Alec Regula
Riley Stillman -- Calvin de Haan
Kevin Lankinen
Collin Delia
Scratched: Caleb Jones, Erik Gustafsson
Injured: Jujhar Khaira (lower back), Connor Murphy (concussion protocol), Kirby Dach (shoulder), MacKenzie Entwistle (shoulder)
Sharks projected lineup
Timo Meier -- Tomas Hertl -- Alexander Barabanov
Nick Bonino -- Logan Couture -- Matt Nieto
Rudolfs Balcers -- Thomas Bordeleau -- Noah Gregor
Scott Reedy -- Sasha Chmelevski -- Jasper Weatherby
Mario Ferraro -- Brent Burns
Jaycob Megna -- Nicolas Meloche
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Ryan Merkley
Kaapo Kahkonen
James Reimer
Scratched: Santeri Hatakka, Jonathan Dahlen, Jeffrey Viel
Injured: Adin Hill (lower body), Kevin Labanc (shoulder), John Leonard (lower body), Erik Karlsson (lower body), Radim Simek (upper body), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate Saturday. ... Lankinen is expected to start after Delia made 31 saves in a 4-1 loss at the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday. ... Kahkonen is expected to start after Reimer made 25 saves in a 3-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues on Thursday. ... Barabanov is expected to return after missing four games because of an upper-body injury.