No changes for the Sharks tonight according to Friend of the Blog Kevin Kurz. Craig Smith didn’t participate in the morning skate for Nashville, which is notable. He played very well in Sunday’s game, posting a corsi differential of +11. Smith didn’t play in game one and has two points in six games this postseason.
Projected Sharks Lines
Tomas Hertl – Joe Thornton – Joe Pavelski
Joonas Donskoi – Logan Couture – Joel Ward
Matt Nieto – Patrick Marleau – Melker Karlsson
Nick Spaling – Chris Tierney – Tommy Wingels
Marc-Edouard Vlasic – Justin Braun
Paul Martin – Brent Burns
Brenden Dillon – Roman Polak
Martin Jones
James Reimer
Projected Predators Lines
Calle Jarnkrok – Ryan Johansen – James Neal
Filip Forsberg – Mike Ribeiro – Craig Smith
Colin Wilson – Mike Fisher – Viktor Arvidsson
Colton Sissons – Paul Gaustad – Miikka Salomaki
Roman Josi – Shea Weber
Mattias Ekholm – Ryan Ellis
Anthony Bitetto – Barret Jackman
Pekka Rinne
Carter Hutton