Sharks at Stars

SHARKS (3-9-3) at STARS (8-4-1)

Sharks projected lineup
Timo Meier -- Tomas Hertl -- Kevin Labanc
Matt Nieto -- Logan Couture -- Alexander Barabanov
Oskar Lindblom -- Nico Sturm -- Luke Kunin
Noah Gregor -- Nick Bonino -- Jonah Gadjovich
Jaycob Megna -- Erik Karlsson
Matt Benning -- Mario Ferraro
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Radim Simek
James Reimer
Kaapo Kahkonen
Scratched: Scott Harrington, Evgeny Svechnikov, Steven Lorentz
Injured: Markus Nutivaara (lower body)
Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Joe Pavelski
Mason Marchment -- Tyler Seguin -- Matej Blumel
Jamie Benn -- Wyatt Johnston -- Ty Dellandrea
Radek Faksa -- Luke Glendening -- Joel Kiviranta
Miro Heiskanen -- Colin Miller
Ryan Suter -- Nils Lundkvist
Esa Lindell -- Jani Hakanpaa
Jake Oettinger
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Joel Hanley
Injured: Denis Gurianov (upper body)
Status report
The Sharks did not hold a morning skate Friday following a 5-3 loss at the St. Louis Blues on Thursday. ... Blumel is expected to make his NHL debut after being recalled from Texas of the American Hockey League on Thursday to replace Gurianov, a forward, who is day to day. ... Oettinger will start after missing four games with a lower-body injury. ... The Stars assigned goalie Matt Murray to Texas on Thursday.