The Anaheim Ducks take on the San Jose Sharks at the SAP Center today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

DUCKS (0-1-0) at SHARKS (0-0-1)

10 p.m. ET; Victory+, NBCSCA

Ducks projected lineup

Chris Kreider — Leo Carlsson — Troy Terry
Cutter Gauthier — Mason McTavish — Beckett Sennecke
Frank Vatrano — Mikael Granlund — Alex Killorn
Ross Johnston — Ryan Poehling — Nikita Nesterenko

Jackson LaCombe — Radko Gudas
Olen Zellweger — Jacob Trouba
Pavel Mintyukov — Drew Helleson

Petr Mrazek
Lukas Dostal

Scratched: Sam Colangelo

Injured: Jansen Harkins (upper body), Ryan Strome (upper body)

Status report

Mrazek will make his Ducks debut and Nesterenko will play for the first time this season.

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Sharks projected lineup

Philipp Kurashev — Macklin Celebrini — Will Smith
William Eklund — Alexander Wennberg — Tyler Toffoli
Jeff Skinner — Ty Dellandrea — Collin Graf
Barclay Goodrow — Adam Gaudette — Ryan Reaves

Nick Leddy — John Klingberg
Mario Ferraro — Timothy Liljegren
Sam Dickinson — Dmitry Orlov

Yaroslav Askarov
Alex Nedeljkovic

Scratched: Vincent Desharnais, Michael Misa, Shakri Mukhamadullin

Injured: Jack Thompson (lower body), Egor Afanasyev (lower body)

Status report

The Sharks held an optional morning skate. … Mukhamadullin, a defenseman, is healthy but won’t play. … Dickinson will make his NHL debut; he was the No. 11 pick at the 2024 NHL Draft. … Askarov will make his season debut.

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