Flames vs Sharks projected lineups – 12/28/24 – Hockey Writers – Projected Lineups

The Calgary Flames will take on the San Jose Sharks at the SAP Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups obtained from NHL.com staff writers, freelance writers, and others.

FLAMES (16-11-7) at SHARKS (11-21-6)

10 p.m. ET; NBCSCA, CITY, SN, TVAS, CBC

Proposed roster for the Flames

Jonathan Huberdeau – Nazem Kadri – Martin Pospisil
Blake Coleman – Mikael Backlund – Matt Coronato
Yegor Sharangovich – Connor Zary – Jakob Pelletier
Ryan Lomberg – Kevin Rooney – Walker Duehr

Kevin Bahl – Rasmus Andersson
Joel Hanley – Mackenzie Weegar
Jake Bean – Brayden Pachal

Dustin Wolf
Dan Vladar

Scratched: Daniil Miromanov, Tyson Barrie, Andrei Kuzmenko

Injured: Anthony Mantha (knee), Justin Kirkland (knee)

Status report

Kuzmenko, a forward, participated in the Flames' morning skate on Saturday but did not run to the line and was not scratched; he has missed the last four games with a lower back injury.

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List of predicted sharks

Klim Kostin – Mikael Granlund – Tyler Toffoli
Fabian Zetterlund – Macklin Celebrini – Will Smith
Barclay Goodrow – Alexander Wennberg – Luke Kunin
Carl Grundstrom – Nico Sturm – Ty Dellandrea

Henry Thrun – Cody Ceci
Shakir Mukhamadullin – Jan Rutta
Mario Ferraro – Timothy Liljegren

Yaroslav Askarov
Alexander Georgiev

Scratched: Nikolai Kovalenko

Injured: Vitek Vanecek (broken collarbone), Jake Walman (lower body), William Eklund (upper body)

Status report

Kostin, a forward, will return after missing six games with a lower back injury. … Vanecek, the goalie, is week-to-week. … Eklund, a forward, will miss his second straight game. … Walman, a defenseman, will miss his third straight game.

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