Sharks vs. Oilers: Lines, discussion thread and where to watch

This has turned into a weird week around the San Jose Sharks. Joel Ward is back in the lineup, but Tommy Wingels and David Schlemko are both out. That leaves the fourth line as follows: Ward - Micheal Haley - Melker Karlsson. Dylan DeMelo plays in his second game in a row in place of Schlemko. Martin Jones starts for the billionth time in a row.

No one knows what Pete DeBoer is doing, nor why he insists on tweaking with a team tied for first in the Pacific. Regardless, the Sharks can take sole possession of first if they beat the Oilers in the teams’ first meeting of the season this evening at SAP Center. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. PT.

Where to Watch

CSN - California / KFOX 98.5

Projected Sharks Lines

Patrick Marleau – Joe Thornton – Joe Pavelski

Kevin Labanc – Logan Couture – Mikkel Boedker

Timo Meier – Chris Tierney – Joonas Donskoi

Melker Karlsson – Micheal Haley – Joel Ward

Paul Martin – Brent Burns

Marc-Edouard Vlasic – Justin Braun

Brenden Dillon – Dylan DeMelo

Martin Jones

Aaron Dell

Projected Oilers Lines

Milan Lucic – Connor McDavid – Jordan Eberle

Patrick Maroon – Leon Draisaitl – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins

Benoit Pouliot – Drake Caggiula – Jesse Puljujarvi

Matt Hendricks – Mark Letestu – Zack Kassian

Oscar Klefbom – Adam Larsson

Andrej Sekera – Kris Russell

Brandon Davidson – Eric Gryba

Cam Talbot

Jonas Gustavsson