The Frozen Frenzy is back and the San Jose Sharks and Los Angeles Kings are the final game of the lineup. With Macklin Celebrini, Will Smith, Michael Misa and Sam Dickinson playing headliners for tonight’s game, the NHL is looking to highlight some of the league’s younger stars. During the visit to New York this past week, Misa and Dickinson took a trip to the NHL’s headquarters.
LIVE from New York! 🎥
— San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) October 28, 2025
Michael Misa and Sam Dickinson visited @NHL HQ while in town last week. pic.twitter.com/NcSmYlOmVK
Now to the game.
The LA Kings are third in the Pacific Division with a 4-3-3 record. The good news for the Sharks is that even though the Kings are winning, the team has a minus-four goal differential which means a hot goaltender, or a hot pair of young stars could swing a game in the Sharks’ favor tonight.
Los Angeles is led by Adrian Kempe, who has 13 points (5 G, 8 A) in ten games. Kempe also leads with five goals. Quentin Byfield is the young player to watch on the Kings. Byfield has eight points in ten games.
In terms of goaltending, Darcy Kuemper and Anton Forsberg have been splitting time in the net. Kuemper is 2-2-2 this season. He has a 2.78 goals against average and .887 save percentage. Forsberg has a 2-1-1 record. He has a 3.19 goals average and a .894 save percentage.
San Jose Sharks lines tonight
The Sharks look to have John Klingberg back in the lineup after a few games off with an injury. Nick Leddy is still out. The team has called up Patrick Giles after an injury to Adam Gaudette, but he doesn’t look like he will play. According to the Bay Area News Group’s Curtis Pashelka, this is what the lines will likely look like for tonight. It sounds like Yaroslav Askarov gets the start in the net again for the Sharks.
#SJSharks lines, d-pairs this AM. Looks like Klingberg will return to the lineup tonight.
— Curtis Pashelka (@CurtisPashelka) October 28, 2025
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Forwards
Tyler Toffoli – Macklin Celebrini – Will Smith
William Eklund – Alexander Wennberg – Philipp Kurashev
Jeff Skinner – Michael Misa – Collin Graf
Barclay Goodrow – Ty Dellandrea – Ryan Reaves
Defense
Mario Ferraro – John Klingberg
Dmitry Orlov – Timothy Liljegren
Sam Dickinson – Vincent Desharnais
Goaltenders
Yaroslav Askarov
Alex Nedeljkovic
Los Angeles Kings lines tonight vs. San Jose Sharks
As for the Kings, NHL.com reports the following lineup with Darcy Keumper in the net. Warren Foegele is out with an upper-body injury that he sustained on Sunday. This also marks Cody Ceci’s return to the Shark Tank.
Forwards
Andrei Kuzmenko – Anze Kopitar – Adrian Kempe
Kevin Fiala – Quinton Byfield – Alex Laferriere
Joel Armia – Phillip Danault – Trevor Moore
Jeff Malott – Alex Turcotte – Corey Perry
Defense
Brian Dumoulin – Drew Doughty
Joel Edmundson – Brandt Clarke
Mikey Anderson – Cody Ceci
Goaltenders
Darcy Kuemper
Anton Forsberg
How to watch the Los Angeles Kings at San Jose Sharks Oct. 28, 2025
The puck drops at 8 p.m. PT at SAP Center in San Jose.
This is a nationally televised game, so it will air on ESPN. Sharks fans can listen on the Sharks Audio Network. While Kings fans can listen on ESPN LA 710, ESPN LA App or the LA Kings App.
As always, you can join us here on Fear the Fin to talk with other Sharks fans about what’s happening on the ice and around the league. With all 32 teams playing today, there’s sure to be plenty to talk about.
