The San Jose Sharks' 2025-26 rolls on with a matchup against the Eastern Conference Carolina Hurricanes.

The last game against the Anaheim Ducks was a special one, it was the debut of Sam Dickinson. However, tonight is also special. Michael Misa, the Sharks' second overall pick in the 2025 NHL draft will make his NHL debut tonight.

This is going to be a game that Sharks fans remember for a long time. Yet another talented young forward will play their first game and engrave their name into to the core of this team.

Here are tonight's projected lineups for both teams.

Sharks Projected Lineup

Forward:

William Eklund — Macklin Celebrini — Tyler Toffoli

Jeff Skinner — Alexander Wennberg — Will Smith

Philipp Kurashev — Michael Misa — Ty Dellandrea

Barclay Goodrow — Adam Gaudette — Ryan Reaves

Defense:

Mario Ferraro — Dmitry Orlov

Nick Leddy — Timothy Liljegren

Sam Dickinson — John Klingberg

Goalies:

Alex Nedeljkovic

Yaroslav Askarov

Scratched: Collin Graf, Vincent Desharnais, Shakir Mukhamadullin

Injured: None

Hurricanes Projected Lineup

Forwards:

Nikolaj Ehlers — Sebastian Aho — Seth Jarvis

Andrei Svechnikov — Logan Stankoven — Jackson Blake

Jordan Martinook — Jordan Staal — William Carrier

Taylor Hall — Mark Jankowski — Eric Robinson

Goalies: 

K’Andre Miller — Sean Walker

Alexander Nikishin — Shayne Gostisbehere

Mike Reilly — Jalen Chatfield

Goalies:

Brandon Bussi

Frederik Andersen

Scratched: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Charles Alexis Legault

Injured: Pyotr Kochetkov (lower body), Jaccob Slavin (lower body)

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