The San Jose Sharks take a quick trip to Seattle today after a bit of rest and relaxation. The players had a chance to hang out with their dads and mentors as part of an annual team tradition. The group had dinner together last night and are preparing together for tonight’s game against the Kraken.
Team dinner with the fam- just like the travel hockey days. ๐ฝ๏ธ pic.twitter.com/0AkIYbqz3Q
— San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) January 30, 2025
The dads and other mentors will be at Climate Pledge Arena to watch the game.
The Sharks and the Kraken have met twice this season and the Sharks came out on top in both games. There was the 8-5 barn burner on Nov. 29 that was quickly followed by the 4-2 win in Seattle the next night. The Sharks hope some of that magic returns tonight.
That said, the Kraken are a different team than the one that took the ice on Nov. 30. For one thing, Seattle added some firepower. On Dec. 18, 2024, the Kraken traded defenseman Will Borgen and two draft picks to the New York Rangers for Kaapo Kakko. Since then, Kakko has been a scoring machine for Seattle.
Kaapo Kakko has produced since joining Seattle as he prepares to take the ice with ๐ซ๐ฎ at the #4Nations Face-Off in February.
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 30, 2025
Catch him in action tonight at 10:30 p.m. ET on @ESPN as the @SeattleKraken host the @SanJoseSharks. #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/AfrQUBuQVH
With 15 points in 19 games playing for the Kraken, Kakko has immediately endeared himself to his new team. Seattle’s top scorer is Jared McCann, who leads the team with 39 points in 52 games. The leading goal scorer is Jaden Schwartz, with 17 goals.
In the net, the Kraken have shaken things up. The team recently put Philipp Grubauer on waivers to send him to Coachella Valley. Grubauer cleared today.
Goaltender Philipp Grubauer has cleared waivers and will be reassigned to the Coachella Valley @Firebirds. https://t.co/n5nb6EhuP8
— Seattle Kraken PR (@SeattleKrakenPR) January 30, 2025
Grubauer wasn’t doing well. He was 5-15-1 before his demotion with a 3.83 goals against average and .866 save percentage. With Grubauer off of the roster, we expect to see Joey Daccord take the net against the Sharks tonight. While Daccord is 17-12-2 this season with a 2.45 goals against average and .917 save percentage, the Sharks beat him the last time these two teams played, allowing 4 goals on 23 shots.
San Jose Sharks lines tonight
San Jose Hockey Now’s Sheng Peng reports that Marc-Edouard Vlasic will play and Jack Thompson will sit. Alex Wennberg is also out with an injury, so Carl Grundstrom will play. Finally, Yaroslav Askarov is in the net.
Forwards
Fabian Zetterlund โ Mikael Granlund โ Will Smith
William Eklund โ Macklin Celebrini โ Tyler Toffoli
Barclay Goodrow โ Luke Kunin โ Nikolai Kovalenko
Carl Grundstrom โ Colin White โ Walker Duehr
Defense
Cody Ceci โ Jake Walman
Mario Ferraro โ Timothy Liljegren
Henry Thrun โ Marc-Edouard Vlasic
Goaltenders
Yaroslav Askarov
Alexandar Georgiev
Seattle Kraken lines vs. San Jose Sharks
As for the Seattle lines, here’s what our friends at Davy Jones’ Locker Room say the morning skate lines were. Rookie Ryker Evans and John Hayden appear to be out as well.
Good morning from #Seakraken skate. Lines:
— ๐ฟ๐๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐จ' ๐๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐ค๐ข (@DavyJonesLR) January 30, 2025
Schwartz-Beniers-Kakko
Tolvanen-Stephenson-Bjorkstrand
McCann-Wright-Burakovsky
Tanev-Stephens-Kartye
Dunn-Larsson
Oleksiak-Montour
Mahura-Fleury
So, no Evans/Hayden pic.twitter.com/TkXJ3hyIuY
Forwards
Jaden Schwartz – Matty Beniers – Kaapo Kakko
Eeli Tolvanen – Chandler Stephenson – Oliver Bjorkstrand
Jared McCann – Shane Wright – Andre Burakovsky
Brandon Tanev – Mitchell Stephens – Ty Kartye
Defense
Vince Dunn – Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak – Brandon Montour
Josh Mahura – Cale Fleury
Goaltenders
Joey Daccord
Ales Stezka
How to watch San Jose Sharks at Seattle Kraken Jan. 30, 2025
It’s a national game tonight which means ESPN has the call.
The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. PT at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.
You can also listen to the call on the Sharks Audio Network.