Sharks at Canucks

SHARKS (29-32-9) at CANUCKS (34-28-10)

Sharks projected lineup
Rudolfs Balcers -- Tomas Hertl -- Alexander Barabanov
Timo Meier -- Logan Couture -- Sasha Chmelevski
Matt Nieto -- Nick Bonino -- Noah Gregor
Jonathan Dahlen -- Scott Reedy
Jaycob Megna -- Brent Burns
Mario Ferraro -- Erik Karlsson
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Ryan Merkley
Radim Simek
Kaapo Kahkonen
James Reimer
Scratched: Jeffrey Viel, Nicolas Meloche
Injured: Adin Hill (lower body), Kevin Labanc (shoulder), John Leonard (lower body), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body)
Canucks projected lineup
Elias Pettersson -- J.T. Miller -- Conor Garland
Vasily Podkolzin -- Bo Horvat -- Alex Chiasson
Jason Dickinson -- Juho Lammikko -- William Lockwood
Nic Petan -- Brad Richardson -- Brad Hunt
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Tyler Myers
Quinn Hughes -- Luke Schenn
Travis Dermott -- Kyle Burroughs
Thatcher Demko
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Sheldon Dries
Injured: Tanner Pearson (undisclosed), Brock Boeser (upper body), Tucker Poolman (upper body), Matthew Highmore (upper body), Nils Hoglander (lower body)
Status report
The Sharks will dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen, with Simek, a defenseman who hasn't played in 15 games, expected to play some shifts as a forward. … Reimer took part in San Jose's morning skate Saturday and will dress after leaving in the third period of a 4-2 loss to the Calgary Flames on Thursday following a collision with Couture. ... Hughes returns after missing two games with an illness. ... Pearson won't play after the forward left in the first period of a 5-1 win at the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday. ... Pearson and Boeser, who has missed two games, each is expected to skate Sunday. ... Hunt, a defenseman, will play on the fourth line.