Sharks vs. Oilers Lines: Tomas Hertl to play center in return to lineup

Tomas Hertl will play center tonight according to Friend of the Blog Kevin Kurz. So much for easing him back into the lineup. Both teams enter tonight’s matchup on a roll but expect both to have tired legs despite San Jose getting Hertl back in the lineup tonight.

Cam Talbot will likely start again for Edmonton tonight despite playing against Anaheim last night. Talbot is one of the only goalies in the league who gets worked harder than Jones. It would be nice to see the Sharks take advantage of what I think is a poor decision by Edmonton head coach Todd McLellan.

San Jose looked gassed on Tuesday, but the team got a day off yesterday while the Oilers played Anaheim. That should help the Sharks down the stretch, especially while dressing one of the deepest lineups of the season.

Projected Sharks Lines

Melker Karlsson – Joe Thornton – Joe Pavelski

Patrick Marleau – Logan Couture – Mikkel Boedker

Kevin Labanc – Tomas Hertl – Joel Ward

Timo Meier – Chris Tierney – Ryan Carpenter

Paul Martin – Brent Burns

Marc-Edouard Vlasic – Justin Braun

Brenden Dillon – David Schlemko

Martin Jones

Aaron Dell

Projected Oilers Lines

Patrick Maroon – Connor McDavid – Leon Draisaitl

Benoit Pouliot – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Jordan Eberle

Milan Lucic – Drake Caggiula – Anton Slepyshev

Matt Hendricks – Mark Letestu – Zack Kassian

Oscar Klefbom – Adam Larsson

Andrej Sekera – Kris Russell

Brandon Davidson – Matt Benning

Cam Talbot

Laurent Brossoit