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Sharks' Klim Kostin: Won't play against Utah
Kostin (undisclosed) isn't expected to play Saturday versus Utah, according to Curtis Pashelka of The San Jose Mercury News.
Kostin exited Thursday's game due to the injury. He has a goal, four points, 25 PIM and 63 hits in 20 appearances in 2024-25. Kostin's exit from the lineup coincides with Will Smith returning from an upper-body injury. If both of them were healthy, they might have shared the ice on the third line.
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Sharks' Tyler Toffoli: Battling illness
Toffoli is dealing with an illness and is consequently a game-time decision for Saturday's tilt versus Utah, per Curtis Pashelka of The San Jose Mercury News.
Toffoli has 12 goals and 20 points in 32 appearances in 2024-25. If he can't play Saturday, then Fabian Zetterlund might move up to the top line alongside Nikolai Kovalenko and Macklin Celebrini.
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Sharks' Will Smith: Set to play Saturday
Smith (upper body) is expected to be activated off injured reserve and play Saturday versus Utah, Curtis Pashelka of The San Jose Mercury News reports.
Smith has five goals and 11 points in 24 outings in 2024-25. He missed three straight games due to the injury. Smith will likely serve in a middle-six capacity in his return.
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Sharks' Vitek Vanecek: Starting Saturday
Vanecek will be between the home pipes versus Utah on Saturday, according to Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now.
Vanecek is skating on thin ice as he has lost his last two starts, allowing eight goals on 40 shots. He improved in Carolina on Tuesday, giving up three goals on 28 shots, but the 28-year-old has floundered all season, going 3-7-1 with a 3.83 GAA and an .883 save percentage. Utah is averaging 3.00 goals per game in 2024-25.
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Sharks' Timothy Liljegren: Records assist Thursday
Liljegren registered an assist, two shots on goal and three blocked shots in Thursday's 4-3 win over the Blues.
Liljegren broke a four-game slump, which came on the heels of a four-game point streak for the defenseman. The 25-year-old set up Macklin Celebrini's first tally in Thursday's contest. Liljegren is up to six points, 40 shots on net, 28 hits, 30 blocked shots, 12 PIM and a minus-2 rating over 21 appearances between the Sharks and the Maple Leafs in 2024-25. With San Jose, he has been able to hold onto a top-four role and power-play time.
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Sharks' Nico Sturm: Pockets helper in win
Sturm notched an assist and two hits in Thursday's 4-3 win over the Blues.
Sturm snapped a five-game point drought with the helper. The 29-year-old has played on the fourth line over the last nine games since he returned from an upper-body injury. He has nine points, 19 shots on net, 35 hits and 12 blocked shots through 27 outings. Sturm is mostly a defensive forward, and while he's on a better pace than last year (13 points in 63 games), he's unlikely to produce enough offense to help most fantasy managers.
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Sharks' Tyler Toffoli: Opens scoring in victory
Toffoli scored a goal on four shots and added one hit, one takeaway and a plus-2 rating in 16:10 of ice time in Thursday's 4-3 win over St. Louis.
Toffoli opened the scoring Thursday with his 12th goal of the campaign just over a minute into the contest. The right-shot winger has scored three goals through five games to start December, but he's registered just one assist in his last nine appearances. So long as he's skating alongside Macklin Celebrini, Toffoli will be a solid option in most formats given his natural goal-scoring ability. The 32-year-old Toffoli leads the Sharks with 12 goals, and he's up to 20 points through 32 games.
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Sharks' Nikolai Kovalenko: Three helpers Thursday
Kovalenko distributed three assists Thursday in a 4-3 win over St. Louis.
Kovalenko recorded his first three-point outing of the campaign Thursday, and it came in just his second game with his new club. The 25-year-old skated on the top line with Macklin Celebrini and Tyler Toffoli, and Kovalenko's ice time increased from 9:23 in his first game with the Sharks on Tuesday to 13:18 in Thursday's victory. Kovalenko will certainly be a name to keep an eye on if he can maintain a top-six role, and he could be an option on the man advantage Saturday against Utah if Klim Kostin (undisclosed) is unable to suit up. Kovalenko is up to four goals and 11 points through 30 appearances (28 with Colorado).
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Sharks' Jake Walman: Goal, assist in St. Louis
Walman generated a goal and an assist in Thursday's 4-3 win over the Blues.
Walman registered an assist on the man advantage in the second period, and his goal to put San Jose up 4-2 in the third period stood as the eventual game-winner. The Ontario native was all over the scoresheet Thursday -- he logged four shots on net, three blocked shots, one takeaway and a plus-1 rating to go along with a team-high 23:52 of ice time. Walman was highly productive in November with 10 points in as many games, but he had just one point over four games in December prior to Thursday's multi-point effort. The Sharks' No. 1 blueliner is leading the club on the back end in scoring with five goals and 17 assists through 27 appearances. The 28-year-old also set a new career high in points in his sixth NHL campaign.
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Sharks' Macklin Celebrini: Trio of points in victory
Celebrini potted two goals, including one on the power play, and added a helper in Thursday's 4-3 win over the Blues.
Celebrini set up Tyler Toffoli's goal to open the scoring Thursday, and he found the back of the net twice in the middle frame to help the Sharks pick up the road win. Celebrini fired a team-high six shots on net, and he had one takeaway and a plus-1 rating in 17:18 of ice time. It was the 18-year-old's second three-point outing of the season, and he's up to six multi-point performances in his first NHL campaign. The 2024 first-overall pick is hovering around a point-per-game pace with 10 goals and nine assists through 20 appearances.
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Sharks' Alexandar Georgiev: Wins first game with new club
Georgiev stopped 17 of 20 shots in Thursday's 4-3 win over the Blues.
Georgiev was acquired in a trade from the Avalanche on Monday, and he registered a road win Thursday in his first appearance with San Jose. The 28-year-old has won his last two starts (one with Colorado), and he'll certainly have a chance to be the Sharks' No. 1 netminder -- Yaroslav Askarov is in the minors and Vitek Vanecek has struggled through the early portion of the 2024-25 campaign. Georgiev is up to a 9-7-0 record, .873 save percentage and 3.36 GAA through 19 total appearances.
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Sharks' Klim Kostin: Questionable to return
Kostin (undisclosed) is questionable to return to Thursday's game versus the Blues, Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now reports.
Kostin was dealing with a lower-body injury earlier in the week, but it's not clear if this issue is related. Assuming he doesn't return, he can be considered day-to-day ahead of Saturday's game versus Utah.
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Sharks' Cody Ceci: Available Thursday
Ceci (illness) is available for Thursday's tilt against St. Louis, per Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now.
Ceci has a goal, seven points, 33 hits and 56 blocks over 31 appearances with San Jose in 2024-25. He didn't miss any action due to the illness, but he was regarded as a game-time decision. Ceci is projected to serve on the top pairing alongside Jake Walman.
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Sharks' Cody Ceci: Game-time decision Thursday
Ceci (illness) will be a game-time decision in St. Louis on Thursday, Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now reports.
Ceci partook in the morning skate, but the team will see how he is feeling ahead of game time. Ceci has a goal and six assists in 31 games this season. Should Ceci not be available, Henry Thrun will join the lineup.
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Sharks' Alexandar Georgiev: Set to make team debut Thursday
Georgiev will defend the road crease during Thursday's game against St. Louis, Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now reports.
Georgiev was traded from the Avalanche to the Sharks on Monday, and he'll make his first appearance in his new uniform on the road Thursday. Over 18 starts with Colorado to begin the year, he went 8-7-0 with a 3.38 GAA and .874 save percentage.
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Sharks' Cody Ceci: Notches assist in loss
Ceci recorded an assist, four hits and a minus-2 rating in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Hurricanes.
Ceci has a goal, an assist, nine blocked shots and six hits over five games on the Sharks' current road trip, which ends Thursday in St. Louis. The 30-year-old blueliner is up to seven points, 34 shots on net, 33 hits, 56 blocked shots and a minus-8 rating through 31 outings. He remains in a top-pairing role, but his physicality is more impressive than his offense.
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Sharks' Luke Kunin: Lights lamp twice in loss
Kunin scored two goals in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Hurricanes.
The veteran forward gave the Sharks a 2-1 lead heading into the third period, but the struggling team couldn't make it hold up. It was Kunin's first multi-goal performance of the season, but he's been surprisingly productive with eight goals and 12 points over 31 games -- a pace that gives him a shot at topping the career-high 15 goals and 31 points he produced for the Wild in 2019-20.
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Team Statistical Rankings
| GF AVG | GA AVG | Power Play | |
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| Team | 2.71 | 3.39 | 17.6 |
Injuries
| Player | Injury |
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| T. Toffoli RW Tyler Toffoli RW | Illness |
| L. Couture C Logan Couture C | Groin |
| M. Vlasic D Marc-Edouard Vlasic D | Back |
| K. Kostin C Klim Kostin C | Undisclosed |
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