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Sharks lines

The San Jose Sharks' lines as deployed at the Red Wings (L 3-4 SO) — forward trios, defense pairs, power-play units and who started in net, measured from the league's shift chart.

Next game

Mon, Oct 19, 7:30 PM ET — at the Maple Leafs.

Projected starter: Yaroslav Askarov, 36% · Eric Comrie 32% · Alex Nedeljkovic 32%. That's a projection, not an announcement. Clubs name a starter around the morning skate; until then this is our read of who the books are pricing a saves line on and how the Sharks have split their starts. It's the same number the saves board and the lineup optimizer use, and every club's is on tonight's starting goalies.

Lines, last two games

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Sharks

at Red Wings · Oct 17 · L 3-4 SO

Forward lines5v5 together
  1. L1ChernyshovLWCelebriniCSmithC11:36
  2. L2MarchmentLWWennbergCToffoliC8:20
  3. L3StenbergLWSherwoodLWMisaC7:53
  4. L4GoodrowCOstapchukCGrafRW5:20
Defense pairs5v5 together
  1. D1NurseDKesselringD12:49
  2. D2TroubaDDickinsonD12:29
  3. D3OrlovDAllanD10:07
Power playPP together
  1. PP1StenbergLWCelebriniCSmithCWennbergCOrlovD6:23
  2. PP2MarchmentLWChernyshovLWToffoliCMisaCTroubaD0:44
In netTOI
  1. G1NedeljkovicG64:38
  2. G2AskarovGDNP

Misa also took 1:12 with L2.

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Sharks

at Predators · Oct 15 · W 3-2 SO

Forward lines5v5 together
  1. L1MarchmentLWWennbergCToffoliC9:56
  2. L2ChernyshovLWCelebriniCSmithC8:27
  3. L3SherwoodLWStenbergLWMisaC6:56
  4. L4GoodrowCOstapchukCGrafRW3:44
Defense pairs5v5 together
  1. D1DickinsonDTroubaD16:19
  2. D2KesselringDOrlovD7:14
  3. D3CagnoniDAllanD4:34
Power playPP together
  1. PP1StenbergLWCelebriniCWennbergCSmithCOrlovD1:53
  2. PP2MarchmentLWChernyshovLWToffoliCMisaCCagnoniD1:25
In netTOI
  1. G1NedeljkovicG65:00
  2. G2AskarovGDNP

Sherwood also took 2:47 with L4. Goodrow also took 1:13 with L2.

What changed since Thu, Oct 15

New top line: Chernyshov, Celebrini and Smith. Moved: Celebrini (L2 → L1), Chernyshov (L2 → L1), Smith (L2 → L1), Marchment (L1 → L2), Toffoli (L1 → L2), Wennberg (L1 → L2) and 4 more. In the lineup: Nurse. Out of it: Cagnoni.

In net this season

Yaroslav Askarov has started 5 of the Sharks' 8 games, Alex Nedeljkovic 3. Alex Nedeljkovic has made 2 straight starts.

GoalieGSGPSV%Last start
Yaroslav Askarov58.848Tue, Oct 13
Alex Nedeljkovic38.920Sat, Oct 17

How these lines are built

Every unit above is the group that shared the most five-on-five ice in that game, rebuilt from the NHL's own shift chart. Power plays, penalty kills, four-on-four and empty-net time are cut out, so a top power-play unit can't pass itself off as the first line. Power-play units are measured from power-play time only. The number beside each unit is how long that exact group was on the ice together.

Read it as what the coach did, not as a forecast. A blowout shortens the bench and an injury scrambles everything after it. The full method, and every other club's lines, are on the all-clubs page. Player projections for the Sharks live on the shots on goal, points and anytime goal boards.

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