{"id":507921,"date":"2026-03-17T14:52:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/507921\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T14:52:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:52:21","slug":"nhl-game-preview-edmonton-oilers-vs-san-jose-sharks-with-line-combinations-03-17-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/507921\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Edmonton Oilers vs San Jose Sharks with Line Combinations 03\/17\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tNHL Game Preview: Edmonton Oilers vs San Jose Sharks with Line Combinations 03\/17\/2026 | Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"skip-link screen-reader-text\" href=\"#content\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" class=\"custom-logo-link\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764203590_941_Clean-Logo-1.png\" class=\"custom-logo\" alt=\"Inside The Rink Logo\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/boxscorejunkie.com\/nhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773759138_803_cropped-Life-Insurance.png .webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" itemprop=\"item\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/category\/nhl\/\" itemprop=\"item\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL<\/a>NHL Game Preview: Edmonton Oilers vs San Jose Sharks with Line Combinations 03\/17\/2026<\/p>\n<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/McDavid-Celebrini.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"ConnorMcDavid and Macklin Celebrini\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Caprice St-Pierre<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Oilers (31-25-9, 75 pts) vs San Jose Sharks (32-27-6, 70 pts)<br \/>Venue: Rogers Place<br \/>Date: Tuesday, March 17th<br \/>Time: 9:00 pm ET \/ 8:00 pm CT \/ 7:00 pm MT<\/p>\n<p>TV: Sportsnet \/ NBC Sports California<br \/>Radio:<br \/>San Jose Sharks \u2013 Sharks Audio Network<br \/>Edmonton Oilers \u2013 CHED 880 AM<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Oilers News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Oilers are third in the Pacific Division with 75 points. They opened their four game homestand on Sunday night with a 3-1 win over Nashville.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Sharks have 70 points in the Western Conference standings, just one shy of a Wild Card spot. They\u2019re 2-2 on a five-game road trip that they\u2019re capping off tonight.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Graf\/Celebrini\/Smith<br \/>Eklund\/Misa\/Toffoli<br \/>Regenda\/Kurashev\/Sherwood<br \/>Goodrow\/Gaudette\/Ostapchuk<\/p>\n<p>Orlov\/Klingberg<br \/>Ferraro\/Mukhamadullin<br \/>Dickinson\/Desharnais<\/p>\n<p>Nedeljkovic<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Oilers Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Savoie\/McDavid\/Hyman<br \/>Nugent-Hopkins\/Dickinson\/Roslovic<br \/>Podkolzin\/Samanski\/Kapanen<br \/>Jones\/Henrique\/Frederic<\/p>\n<p>Ekholm\/Bouchard<br \/>Nurse\/Murphy<br \/>Walman\/Stastney<\/p>\n<p>Ingram<\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks<\/p>\n<p>19-year-old centerman Macklin Celebrini has 95 points through 65 games this season, 5th most in league scoring. Through 6 career games against the Oilers, he has 4 points.<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Oilers<\/p>\n<p>29-year-old centerman Connor McDavid has 114 points through 68 games this season, the most in league scoring. Through 35 career regular season games against the Sharks, he has 55 points.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks<\/p>\n<p>C \/ Ty Dellandrea \/ IR<br \/>G \/ Yaroslav Askarov \/ DTD<br \/>LW \/ Igor Chernyshov \/ DTD<br \/>C \/ Alex Wennberg \/ DTD<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Oilers<\/p>\n<p>C \/ Mattias Janmark \/ LTIR<br \/>C \/ Curtis Lazar \/ OUT<br \/>C \/ Colton Dach \/ IR<br \/>C \/ Leon Draisaitl \/ OUT<br \/>D Ty Emberson \/ DTD<\/p>\n<p>Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks \u2013 March 19 vs Buffalo Sabres<br \/>Edmonton Oilers \u2013 March 19 vs Florida Panthers<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/svani\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773759141_526_10cb874b3bb4bbaad7014622cd26d4be4b0cbe394c575e70d51e4d086efdb11a.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/svani\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen Vani<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oilers fan in Toronto. 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