The San Jose Sharks will sit ahead Will Smith on Sunday after they play the New Jersey Devils to start a four-game street journey.
This marks the fourth time Smith might be a wholesome scratch this season, as he didn’t gown for street video games final month in opposition to the Winnipeg Jets, Los Angeles Kings, and the Utah Hockey Membership. The Sharks are 1-2-0 in video games with out Smith, who has two targets and an help in 12 video games as a rookie.
Smith has not performed in video games on back-to-back days but this season, a pattern that may proceed because the Sharks additionally play the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday.
The Sharks are giving Smith and fellow rookie centerman Macklin Celebrini intermittent ‘growth days’ via no less than the primary half of the season, making an attempt to assist each gamers alter to the hectic journey and enjoying schedules of their first NHL seasons.
Alexander Wennberg will exchange Smith because the Sharks’ third-line middle for Sunday’s recreation, with Barclay Goodrow and Luke Kunin on the wings.
#SJSharks strains this morning Appears like a growth day for Will Smith:
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Thrun-Rutta— Max Miller (@Real_Max_Miller) November 10, 2024
Celebrini will middle a line with Ty Dellandrea and Tyler Toffoli on the wings, and the Sharks are reuniting the “Lund Line” for Sunday, with middle Mikael Granlund enjoying with William Eklund and Fabian Zetterlund.
Eklund had a season-low 15:20 in ice time within the Sharks’ 5-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Thursday. Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky stated after the loss that he wanted extra from Eklund, who has one help in his final 4 video games.
Eklund, Zetterlund, and Granlund turned the Sharks’ high forwards towards the tip of final season, mixed for 58 factors over the ultimate 24 video games in March and April.
It remained unclear whether or not Jake Walman will re-enter the Sharks’ lineup after being out for the final two video games. Warsofsky didn’t rule out dressing 11 forwards and 7 defensemen, permitting him to get Walman again into the lineup whereas preserving defenseman Jack Thompson within the lineup.
Walman leads all Sharks defensemen with 9 factors in 13 video games. Thompson is subsequent in scoring amongst Sharks defensemen with 4 factors in eight video games.
After Monday, the Sharks end their street journey with video games in opposition to the New York Rangers on Thursday and the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday.
The Sharks come into Sunday with a 1-5-1 file away from house.
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