SAN JOSE — Forwards Micheal Haley and Timo Meier, defenseman Dylan DeMelo, and goaltender Aaron Dell were the last players off at the Sharks’ morning skate, and the former three are set to be scratched tonight while Dell will back up Martin Jones.
The Sharks lineup tonight, as a result, will look like it did yesterday and much like it did in their dress rehearsal against the Arizona Coyotes five days ago:
Tomas Hertl-Joe Thornton-Joe Pavelski
Mikkel Boedker-Logan Couture-Joonas Donskoi
Patrick Marleau-Chris Tierney-Joel Ward
Matt Nieto-Tommy Wingels-Melker Karlsson
Marc-Edouard Vlasic-Justin Braun
Paul Martin-Brent Burns
Brenden Dillon-David Schlemko
Martin Jones
Aaron Dell
Meanwhile, former Shark Devin Setoguchi will make his return to the NHL on the Kings’ top line, while defenseman Tom Gilbert and forward Nic Dowd are scratched according to LA Kings Insider Jon Rosen. Tanner Pearson will miss the first of two regular season games, as he continues to serve a three-game suspension that began in the preseason. The Kings’ lines are as follows, according to Rosen:
Dustin Brown-Anze Kopitar-Devin Setoguchi
Teddy Purcell-Jeff Carter-Tyler Toffoli
Dwight King-Nick Shore-Trevor Lewis
Kyle Clifford-Andy Andreoff-Jordan Nolan
Jake Muzzin-Drew Doughty
Brayden McNabb-Alec Martinez
Derek Forbort-Andy Greene
Jonathan Quick
Jeff Zatkoff
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