Sharks projected lineup
Nikolai Kovalenko -- Macklin Celebrini -- Will Smith
William Eklund -- Alex Wennberg -- Tyler Toffoli
Carl Grundstrom -- Ty Dellandrea -- Barclay Goodrow
Noah Gregor -- Zack Ostapchuk -- Cameron Lund
Jan Rutta -- Timothy Liljegren
Lucas Carlsson -- Henry Thrun
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Jack Thompson
Georgi Romanov
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: Klim Kostin
Injured: Logan Couture (groin), Vincent Desharnais (upper body), Mario Ferraro (lower body), Shakir Mukhamadullin (upper body)
Oilers projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Connor McDavid -- Connor Brown
Viktor Arvidsson -- Adam Henrique -- Zach Hyman
Vasily Podkolzin -- Mattias Janmark -- Corey Perry
Max Jones -- Noah Philp -- Kasperi Kapanen
Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse -- Ty Emberson
Brett Kulak -- Troy Stecher
Calvin Pickard
Stuart Skinner
Scratched: Cam Dineen
Injured: Leon Draisaitl (undisclosed), Trent Frederic (ankle), Evander Kane (hip, knee), John Klingberg (lower body), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (illness), Alec Regula (knee), Jake Walman (undisclosed)
Status report
Rutta will return after missing 27 games with a lower-body injury; he will take the place of Ferraro, a defenseman who is out for the rest of the season after blocking a shot during an 8-7 overtime loss at the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday. ... Draisaitl will miss his fourth straight game; the center said Friday he wants to return before the end of the regular season but will not rush back. ... Ekholm will return after missing seven games with a lower-body injury. ...Dineen, a defenseman, was recalled from Bakersfield of the American Hockey League on an emergency basis Thursday after the Oilers played with five defensemen in a 4-3 win against the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday. ... Skinner will dress and back up Pickard after missing seven games with a head injury. ... Edmonton loaned goalie Olivier Rodrigue to Bakersfield on Thursday.
