Matt Nieto did not participate in practice yesterday and will not play tonight. Tommy Wingels is the beneficiary of Nieto’s injury and will likely play on the fourth line.
I’m not thrilled with the Chris Tierney: Third line center experience, but in all reality the Sharks need their top six to perform to win this game. If San Jose rolls with the same lines as it did at yesterday’s practice, they’ll look something like this.
Projected Sharks Lines
Tomas Hertl – Joe Thornton – Joe Pavelski
Patrick Marleau – Logan Couture – Joonas Donskoi
Melker Karlsson – Chris Tierney – Joel Ward
Dainius Zubrus – Nick Spaling – Tommy Wingels
Marc-Edouard Vlasic – Justin Braun
Paul Martin – Brent Burns
Brenden Dillon – Roman Polak
Martin Jones
James Reimer
Projected Predators Lines
Colin Wilson – Mike Fisher – James Neal
Filip Forsberg – Ryan Johansen – Craig Smith
Calle Jarnkrok – Mike Ribeiro – Viktor Arvidsson
Mikka Salomaki – Paul Gaustad – Colton Sissons
Roman Jose – Shea Weber
Mattias Ekholm – Ryan Ellis
Anthony Bitetto – Barret Jackman
Pekka Rinne
Carter Hutton
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