Sharks at Canucks

SHARKS (19-37-15) at CANUCKS (31-34-5)

Sharks projected lineup
Noah Gregor -- Tomas Hertl -- Kevin Labanc
Martin Kaut -- Logan Couture -- Alexander Barabanov
Jacob Peterson -- Nico Sturm -- Fabian Zetterlund
Oskar Lindblom -- Steven Lorentz -- Andrew Agozzino
Radim Simek -- Erik Karlsson
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Nikolai Knyzhov
Mario Ferraro -- Matt Benning
James Reimer
Kaapo Kahkonen
Scratched: Derrick Pouliot
Injured: Andreas Johnsson (undisclosed), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body), Luke Kunin (knee), Markus Nutivaara (lower body), Jacob MacDonald (undisclosed), Evgeny Svechnikov (lower body)
Canucks projected lineup
Andrei Kuzmenko -- Elias Pettersson -- Anthony Beauvillier
Phillip Di Giuseppe -- J.T. Miller -- Brock Boeser
Dakota Joshua -- Nils Aman -- Conor Garland
Vitali Kravtsov -- Sheldon Dries -- Vasily Podkolzin
Quinn Hughes -- Filip Hronek
Christian Wolanin -- Tyler Myers
Guillaume Brisebois -- Ethan Bear
Thatcher Demko
Collin Delia
Scratched: Jack Studnicka, Aidan McDonough, Kyle Burroughs
Injured: Noah Juulsen (undisclosed), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (ankle), Travis Dermott (undisclosed), Ilya Mikheyev (torn ACL), Tanner Pearson (hand), Tucker Poolman (undisclosed)
Status report
Simek returns after missing eight games and 30 of 33 with an upper body injury; he will replace Pouliot, a defenseman. … Johnsson, a forward who was playing on the top line, was injured blocking a shot in a 5-4 overtime loss at the Edmonton Oilers on Monday; Gregor moves up two lines into Johnsson's spot and Peterson, who was recalled from San Jose of the American Hockey League on Tuesday, will make his Sharks debut on Gregor's old spot on the third line. ... Reimer and Kahkonen will alternate starts for the 11th straight game. ... Hronek will make his Canucks debut after being acquired in a trade with the Detroit Red Wings on March 1; he injured his shoulder in a game with Detroit one day before the trade to Vancouver and practiced with the Canucks for the first time Tuesday. ... Demko is expected to make his 10th start in 12 games.