The Vancouver Canucks and the San Jos Sharks meet for the third time this season and both teams look different than they did the last time they met. The teams played on Nov. 2, 2024, when the Sharks lost 3-2. They played again on Dec. 23, 2024 when the Sharks lost again, this time by a score of 4-3.
Since then, the Sharks have traded away Mikael Granlund and Cody Ceci, while the Canucks have traded J.T. Miller and Erik Brannstrom and added Filip Chytil, Marcus Pettersson and Drew O’Connor. Last night, the Canucks announced that Marcus Pettersson has signed a six-year extension with the team, which means there will be three Petterssons wearing Canuck blue for the foreseeable future.
The Canucks hope that the new additions and the additions by subtraction will help with the locker room chemistry and possibly help Vancouver get back into the playoff mix. As it stands now, the Canucks are just outside of the race with 59 points in 53 games. The Calgary Flames are just ahead of the Canucks and sit in the second wildcard spot. The Flames also have 59 points in 53 games, but have more regulation wins. The Colorado Avalanche are five points ahead of both teams and hold the first wildcard spot.
Quinn Hughes is the top scorer for the Canucks with 59 points in 47 games. After that, it’s a steep drop off to Conor Garland, who has 34 points in 53 games. Jake DeBrusk leads the team with 19 goals.
Thatcher Demko is returning to form after an injury to start the season. He shutout the Avalanche on Tuesday, stopping all 25 of the shots he faced. Demko is 5-6-3 on the season with a 3.03 goals against average and .882 save percentage.
For the Sharks, the Bay Area News Group’s Curtis Pashelka reports that Ty Dellandrea will return to the lineup after a stint on the injured reserve list. In his place, Nikolai Kovalenko will go on IR.
Kovalenko has been placed on IR and Dellandrea has been activated. Kovalenko (upper body) will not return until after the 4 Nations break. https://t.co/KDSMXxvhhC
— Curtis Pashelka (@CurtisPashelka) February 6, 2025
San Jose Sharks lines tonight
Because of the change, here’s what San Jose Hockey Now’s Sheng Peng reports the lines will look like tonight with Vitek Vanecek in the net.
#SJSharks morning skate lines:
— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) February 6, 2025
Eklund-Celebrini-Toffoli
Zetterlund-Poturalski-Smith
Goodrow-Kunin-Graf
Grundstrom-Dellandrea-Duehr
Walman-Thrun
Ferraro-Thompson
Mukhamadullin-Liljegren
Forwards
William Eklund – Macklin Celebrini – Tyler Toffoli
Fabian Zetterlund – Andrew Poturalski – Will Smith
Barclay Goodrow – Luke Kunin – Collin Graf
Carl Grundstrom – Ty Dellandrea – Walker Duehr
Defense
Jake Walman – Henry Thrun
Mario Ferraro – Jack Thompson
Shakir Mukhamadullin – Timothy Liljegren
Goaltenders
Vitek Vanecek
Alexandar Georgiev
Vancouver Canucks lines vs. San Jose Sharks
As for the Canucks, here’s what Brendan Batchelor, the play-by-play voice of the Canucks on Sportsnet Radio reports the lines looked like in practice on Wednesday.
Wednesday #Canucks practice lines
— Brendan Batchelor (@BatchHockey) February 5, 2025
DeBrusk. Pettersson. Garland.
O’Connor. Chytil. Boeser.
Joshua. Suter. Sherwood.
Höglander. Blueger. Åman.
Forbort. Hronek.
MPettersson. Myers.
Pettersson. Soucy.
Mancini. Juulsen.@Sportsnet650 pic.twitter.com/MiqBgREiu7
Forwards
Jake DeBrusk – Elias Pettersson – Conor Garland
Drew O’Connor – Filip Chytil – Brock Boeser
Dakota Joshua – Pius Suter – Kiefer Sherwood
Nils Hoglander – Teddy Blueger – Nils Aman
Defense
Derek Forbort – Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson – Tyler Myers
Elias Nils Pettersson – Carson Soucy
Goaltenders
Thatcher Demko
Kevin Lankinen
How to watch Vancouver Canucks at San Jose Sharks Feb. 6, 2025
Sharks fans can watch the game on NBC Sports California or listen on the Sharks Audio Network.
Canucks fans can Sportsnet 650 and listen on the Sportsnet Radio Network.
The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. PT at SAP Center.
