Kraken at Sharks (Game 26): Lines, game thread and how to watch

The Seattle Kraken visit the San Jose Sharks today in a rare back-to-back home-versus-home series. This is the first meeting between the two Pacific Division teams this season. The Kraken are 11-11-1 this season and are in sixth place in the Pacific Division. Seattle is still considered to be in the playoff race. The gap to third place in the division heading into American Thanksgiving is four points.

Seattle lost its game against the Anaheim Ducks 5-2 on Wednesday night. Anaheim’s John Gibson defeated Seattle’s Joey Daccord. For more information on this, check out our friends at Davy Jones Locker Room.

The Kraken’s leading scorer is Jared McCann with 22 points in 23 games. McCann also leads the team with 9 goals. The team has to make do without Jordan Eberle today. He was placed on injured reserve on November 26th, meaning he will miss at least a week. Vince Dunn traveled with the team to San Jose but is questionable for today.

The Sharks practiced on Thanksgiving Day and we got an update on Barclay Goodrow. It looks like the winger will go on injured reserve. He left Wednesday night’s game after a hit by Ottawa’s Ridly Greig. Placing him on IR means Goodrow will miss at least three games. In his absence, the team called up Ethan Cardwell. He will play on Friday.

The San Jose Sharks lineups for November 29, 2024

Due to the 12:30 start time, there is no morning skating. San Jose Hockey Now’s Sheng Peng reported the following during practice on Thursday.

Don’t see Wennberg & Kunin in training, Granlund has taken Wennberg’s place in line:

Eklund-Celebrini-Zetterlund
Toffoli-Granlund-W. Blacksmith
Kostin-Sturm-Cardwell
G. Smith-Dellandrea-Grundstrom

— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) November 28, 2024

Since it sounds like Alex Wennberg and Luke Kunin were just out for “maintenance days” and they’ll likely play today, here’s what the lineups will look like today. We assume that Vitek Vanecek will get the starting signal.

Forward
William Eklund – Macklin Celebrini – Fabian Zetterlund
Tyler Toffoli – Mikael Granlund – Will Smith
Ty Dellandrea – Alex Wennberg – Ethan Cardwell
Luke Kunin – Nico Sturm – Carl Grundstrom

defense
Jake Walman – Cody Ceci
Mario Ferraro – Timothy Liljegren
Henry Thrun – Jan Rutta

goalkeeper
Vitek Vanecek
Mackenzie Blackwood

Seattle Kraken takes on the San Jose Sharks

Because of the early start, there is no morning skate for the Kraken. We use Wednesday’s lines to project today’s lines.

Forward
Jared McCann – Matty Beniers – Andre Burakovsky
Jaden Schwartz – Chandler Stephenson – Daniel Sprong
Eeli Tolvanen – Shane Wright – Oliver Bjorkstrand
Ty Kartye – Yanni Gourde – Brandon Tanev

defense
Ryker Evans-Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak – Brandon Montour
Joshua Mahura – Will Borgen

goalkeeper
Joey Daccord
Philipp Grubauer

Here’s how to watch the Seattle Kraken at the San Jose Sharks today

Shake off the Turkey Day hangover because today’s game begins at 12:30 p.m. PT/3:30 p.m. ET at SAP Center. Sharks fans can watch the game on NBC Sports California or listen on the Sharks SAP Center app.

Kraken fans can watch the game on KING 5 or KONG. I really need to know the story behind the call letters, so if you know it, please post it below.

If you’re not nearby, you can watch the game on ESPN+.