The San Jose Sharks are starting to whittle down the roster and that means its time for a little payback. On Monday night, the Ducks trotted out a mostly NHL-ready roster against the rookie-level Sharks and leveled the young players, beating the kids by a 3-2 score. Now, it’s time for the Sharks to show the Ducks younger guns a bit of what the NHL is like. The Sharks welcome the Ducks to SAP Center for the only home matchup between the two teams.
A quick bit of arena business to get out of the way. If you’re at the game tonight, look up in the rafters and check out the banners. The Sharks have apparently fixed the banner mix up from earlier.
— Jonathan Becher (@jbecher) October 1, 2025
To the more important news now, the roster moves. Earlier this week, the Sharks made the team’s deepest cuts to the training camp to date, sending several players down to the San Jose Barracuda and placing several more on waivers to be sent to the ‘Cuda. That led the AHL affiliate to tweet this out this morning.
We’ve got our squad👌 The training camp roster for the 2025-26 season of the Barracuda! pic.twitter.com/617Kgr2SQT
— SJ Barracuda (@sjbarracuda) October 1, 2025
That means there are only a few players still with the Sharks who are fighting for jobs. The following forwards are still left with the Sharks after Patrick Giles was placed on waivers earlier today:
- Egor Afanasyev
- Ethan Cardwell
- Collin Graf
- Donavan Houle
- Cam Lund
- Michael Misa
- Quentin Musty
- Zack Ostapchuk
- Pavol Regenda
- Colin White
On defense, the following players are still with the team:
- Luca Cagnoni
- Lucas Carlsson
- Sam Dickinson
- Shakir Mukhamadullin
- Jack Thompson
The goaltenders are already down to two, so we’re set there.
That means, look for some serious play as these players compete for the final spots on the roster for opening night.
San Jose Sharks lines for Oct. 1, 2025
Here’s a look at the game group lines for the Sharks according to the Bay Area News Group’s Curtis Pashelka.
#SJSharks lines, d-pairs this AM in game group
— Curtis Pashelka (@CurtisPashelka) October 1, 2025
Skinner-Wennberg-Graf
Eklund-Misa-Toffoli
Smith-Kurashev-Lund
Grundstrom-Gaudette-Reaves
Leddy-Klingberg
Muk-Orlov
Dickinson-Desharnais
Forwards
Jeff Skinner – Alex Wennberg – Collin Graf
William Eklund – Michael Misa – Tyler Toffoli
Will Smith – Philipp Kurashev – Cam Lund
Carl Grundstrom – Adam Gaudette – Ryan Reaves
Defense
Nick Leddy – John Klingberg
Shakir Mukhamadullin – Dmitry Orlov
Sam Dickinson – Vincent Desharnais
Goaltenders
Yaroslav Askarov
Alex Nedeljkovic
Anaheim Ducks lines tonight
As for the Ducks, here are the preseason game notes courtesy of the Sharks Hockey Digest’s Max Miller.
No Macklin Celebrini still for the #SJSharks but a lineup that is very close to NHL level. pic.twitter.com/9nbqAyurPu
— Max Miller (@Real_Max_Miller) October 1, 2025
During the morning media scrum, Ducks Head Coach Joel Quenneville said that the team will at least start with similar lines to the game two nights ago, but of course things change through the course of a game.
How to watch Anaheim Ducks at San Jose Sharks tonight
The puck drops at 7 p.m. tonight at SAP Center.
Sharks fans can watch on the Sharks Digital Platforms or listen on the Sharks Audio Network.
For Ducks fans, tonight’s game will be streamed on AnaheimDucks.com and the Honda Center + Ducks mobile app.
As always, you can stick around here to talk to other Sharks fans about the roster taking shape on the ice.
