Kraken at Sharks

KRAKEN (32-18-6) at SHARKS (17-29-11)

Kraken projected lineup
Jared McCann -- Matty Beniers -- Jordan Eberle
Eeli Tolvanen -- Yanni Gourde -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Jaden Schwartz - Alex Wennberg -- Brandon Tanev
Ryan Donato -- Morgan Geekie -- Daniel Sprong
Vince Dunn -- Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak -- Will Borgen
Carson Soucy -- Justin Schultz
Philipp Grubauer
Martin Jones
Scratched: Cale Fleury
Injured: Joonas Donskoi (upper body), Chris Driedger (lower body), Andre Burakovsky (lower body)
Sharks projected lineup
Michael Eyssimont -- Logan Couture -- Alexander Barabanov
Nick Bonino -- Nico Sturm -- Oskar Lindblom
Kevin Labanc -- Steven Lorentz -- Evgeny Svechnikov
Noah Gregor -- Martin Kaut
Scott Harrington -- Erik Karlsson
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Matt Benning
Mario Ferraro -- Jacob MacDonald
Nick Cicek
James Reimer
Kaapo Kahkonen
Scratched: Tomas Hertl
Injured: Luke Kunin (knee), Markus Nutivaara (lower body), Radim Simek (upper body), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body), Timo Meier (upper body)
Status report
Grubauer is projected to start his fourth consecutive game. ... Kaut, who was recalled from San Jose of the American Hockey League, will replace Meier, a forward, who is considered day to day. ... Hertl is out because of personal reasons. Coach David Quinn said he expects the forward will play against the Nashville Predators on Thursday. ... The Sharks will use 11 forwards and seven defensemen, with Cicek playing after being scratched from a 4-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday. ... The Sharks reassigned goalie
Aaron Dell
to San Jose of the AHL on Sunday.