The San Jose Sharks kick off their 2025-26 preseason today in a game against the Vegas Golden Knights. With it being the first game of the preseason, there shouldn't be too many big-named stars dressed. However, some teams like the Ottawa Senators elected to play majority of their top stars.
As for the Sharks, they are playing a good mix oof rookies, veterans and newcomers to the organization. Puck drop is scheduled for 8:00 pm, at the SAP center in San Jose.
Here are the projected lineups for Game 1 for the Sharks, please note these are subject to change. We will keep you updated as things become available.
Forwards:
Jeff Skinner - Philipp Kurashev - Will Smith
Quentin Musty- Michael Misa - Tyler Toffoli
Egor Afanasyev - Zack Ostapchuk - Collin Graf
Pavel Regenda - Jimmy Huntington - Anthony Vincent
Defense:
Nick Leddy - John Klingberg
Sam Dickinson - Vincent Desharnais
Luca Cagnoni - Cole Clayton
Goalie:
Alec Nedeljkovic
Jakub Skarek
* Haoxi (Simon) Wang and Carson Wetsch will take warm ups but are not expected to play in the preseason game *
The Golden Knights have also announced their lineup, which consists of more bubble players and rookies compared to the Sharks.
Some notable players include: Ben Hutton, Alexander Holtz, Dylan Coghlan and Keegan Kolesar.
Brett Howden - Kai Uchacz - Keegan Kolesar
Cole Reinhardt - Cole Schwindt - Alexander Holtz
Jonas Rondbjerg - Matyas Sapovaliv - Raphael Lavoie
Jackson Hallum Jakub Brabenec - Braedan Bowman
Ben Hutton - Kaedan Korczak
Jaycob Megna - Lukas Cormier
Jeremy Davies - Dylan Coghlan
Carl Lindbom
Jesper Vikman
