Sharks vs. Islanders Lines: Melker Karlsson is in
Melker Karlsson gets his first game of the season and Nikolay Goldobin and Mirco Mueller are recalled.
Today's skate was optional, which means those projected lines are just that — projected. If we hear anything closer to puck drop we'll update this post, but for now we're expecting to see Karlsson on the fourth line.
A day after being sent down, both Nikolay Goldobin and Mirco Mueller have been called up to the Sharks. I expect they'll both hang out in the press box tonight, though it'd be great to see Goldobin get in the game over someone like Haley. Expect the worst and hope for the best — the Fear the Fin motto.
Martin Jones is also your confirmed starter for the evening.
Projected Sharks Lines
Joonas Donskoi - Joe Thornton - Joe Pavelski
Patrick Marleau - Tomas Hertl - Joel Ward
Melker Karlsson - Chris Tierney - Tommy Wingels
Matt Nieto - Micheal Haley - Mike Brown
Marc-Edouard Vlasic - Justin Braun
Brent Burns - Paul Martin
Brenden Dillon - Matt Tennyson
Martin Jones
Projected Islanders Lines
Nikolay Kulemin - John Tavares - Kyle Okposo
Anders Lee - Frans Nielsen - Steve Bernier
Taylor Beck - Mikhail Grabovski - Brock Nelson
Matt Martin - Casey Cizikas - Cal Clutterbuck
Calvin de Haan - Travis Hamonic