Head coach David Quinn made some tweaks to his San Jose Sharks lineup ahead of tonight's game against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Head coach David Quinn made some tweaks to his San Jose Sharks lineup ahead of tonight's game against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
At the end of the Sharks' last game against the Winnipeg Jets, Quinn demoted Anthony Duclair to the fourth line and promoted Alexander Barabanov to the top line.
Quinn confirmed that Duclair won't go down to the fourth line for tonight's game. He will return to the second line with Mikael Granlund and Fabain Zetterlund.
Nikita Okhotiuk will check back into the San Jose lineup in favor of Marc-Edouard Vlasic. Kevin Labanc is returning to the lineup. Mackenzie Blackwood will start in goal, his second straight start. Logan Couture won't play.
Sharks line combinations in warmups:
Eklund-Hertl-Barabanov
Zetterlund-Granlund-Duclair
Bailey-Kunin-Hoffman
Labanc-Carpenter-Zadina
Ferraro-Emberson
Thrun-Rutta
Okhotiuk-Addison
Blackwood
Kahkonen
Maple Leafs line combinations in warmups:
Knies-Matthews-Marner
Bertuzzi-Tavares-Nylander
Holmberg-Domi-Jarnkrok
McMann-Kampf-Gregor
Rielly-Brodie
Benoit-McCabe
Giordano-Liljegren
Jones
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