Ryan Warsofsky has changed the lines ahead of Thursday's San Jose Sharks game.

Shakir Mukhamadullin will make his season debut for the San Jose Sharks against the St. Louis Blues, but there are some other changes to the lineup for Thursday's game.

Per SJHN, William Eklund will move to the fourth line with Nico Sturm and Ty Dellandrea. This move comes after the young winger sat for an extended period during the first period against the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday. The 22-year-old sat the final 8:51 of the first period and had just four shifts in the frame.

New forward acquisition Nikolai Kovalenko will get an immediate boost as he will play on the top line with Macklin Celebrini and Tyler Toffoli. 

Sharks line combinations from morning skate per SJHN:

Kovalenko-Celebrini-Toffoli
Kostin-Granlund-Zetterlund
Goodrow-Wennberg-Kunin
Eklund-Sturm-Dellandrea

Walman-Ceci
Ferraro-Liljegren
Mukhamadullin-Rutta

"Have some competitiveness and we'll see how it goes," Warsofsky told Sheng Peng. "I'm assuming we'll change things as the game goes on."

Mukhamadullin will play with Jan Rutta, and Henry Thrun will be a healthy scratch. Thrun could play as Cody Ceci is considered a game-time decision due to illness, but he did participate in the morning skate.

Warsofsky hasn't been shy about changing lines during the game, and if Eklund proves he's got some extra jump tonight, he could get back toward the top of the lines.

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