Here are tonight's projected line combinations for today's game for the San Jose Sharks and the Montreal Canadiens.
The San Jose Sharks (3-15-1) host the Montreal Canadiens (8-9-2) in a Friday matinee where the Sharks will honor Dan Rusanowsky.
San Jose is coming off a 7-1 loss to the Seattle Kraken, where head coach David Quinn was unhappy with the performance.
"Embarrassing! We weren't ready to play," Quinn said after last game. "Two breakaways in the first minute and a half. I mean, just absolutely freaking embarrassing. We lost every single battle."
Quinn confirmed that Mackenzie Blackwood will start in goal, and Nico Sturm will return to the lineup. Jan Rutta was injured in the last game and is considered week-to-week with an upper-body injury.
Here are tonight's projected line combinations for today's game for the San Jose Sharks and the Montreal Canadiens.
Sharks projected lines:
Eklund-Hertl-Zadina
Zetterlund-Granlund-Duclair
Hoffman-Sturm-Kunin
Smith-Carpenter-Macdonald
Ferraro-Emberson
Benning-Addison
Okhotiuk-Burroughs
Blackwood
Canadiens projected lines:
Newhook-Suzuki-Gallagher
Caufield-Dvorak-Slafkovsky
Pearson-Monahan-Anderson
Pezzetta-Evans-Ylonen
Matheson-Barron
Guhle-Kovacevic
Struble-Lindstrom
Primeau
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