{"id":535782,"date":"2026-04-02T01:48:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T01:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/535782\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T01:48:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T01:48:32","slug":"san-jose-sharks-igor-chernyshov-has-illness-out-vs-anaheim-ducks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/535782\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose Sharks’ Igor Chernyshov has illness, out vs. Anaheim Ducks"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN JOSE \u2013 Winger Igor Chernyshov, <\/a>dealing with an illness, was unavailable to play Wednesday in the San Jose Sharks\u2019 game against the rival Anaheim Ducks in the second game of a critical six-game homestand.<\/a><\/p>\n

Chernyshov wasn\u2019t on the ice for the Sharks\u2019 optional skate on Wednesday morning and was ruled out before the start of Wednesday\u2019s pregame warmups. It was unclear whether Chernyshov would be available for the Sharks\u2019 home game on Thursday against the Toronto Maple Leafs.<\/p>\n

With Chernyshov unavailable to play against the Ducks, forward Ty Dellandrea,<\/a> who has missed nearly three months with a torn right posterior cruciate ligament, <\/a>entered the lineup. Dellandrea was activated off injured reserve hours before Wednesday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

After he returned last week from a head injury he suffered in a March 14 game against the Montreal Canadiens, Chernyshov, 20, had been playing on an effective Sharks\u2019 top line alongside the team\u2019s two leading scorers, Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith.<\/p>\n

Chernyshov had two goals and an assist in four games on the top line and has 14 points in 20 games with the Sharks this season. Both of his most recent goals came in the Sharks\u2019 3-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday, including the game-winner with 1:25 to go in the third period.<\/p>\n

Dellandrea, who was injured in the Sharks\u2019 game against the Blue Jackets on Jan. 6, started Wednesday\u2019s game as the third line right wing with rookie center Michael Misa and Tyler Toffoli at left wing.<\/p>\n

Before his injury, Dellandrea had been the Sharks\u2019 third-line center for most of the season, establishing himself as one of the team\u2019s top penalty killers and faceoff leaders. Misa has mostly been in that role since Dellandrea\u2019s injury, and has 13 points in his last 28 games,<\/a> although he is on a seven-game point drought.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never been out for that long or had an injury of that sort, so it\u2019s been eye-opening,\u201d Dellandrea said Wednesday morning. \u201cYou learn a lot about how much you miss the game and maybe sometimes take for granted, just playing every night. So I missed a lot. Missed the guys. The guys have been awesome, supportive.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur staff has been amazing. Just helped me get back as quick as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Goalie Yaroslav Askarov will start for the Sharks, who are looking for their third straight win after beating the St. Louis Blues 5-4 on Monday to open the homestand. The Sharks entered Wednesday in 11th place<\/a> in the Western Conference with 75 points, two points back of the Nashville Predators for the second and final wild card spot.<\/p>\n

The Sharks\u2019 homestand continues with games against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday, the Predators on Saturday, the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday, and the Edmonton Oilers next Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The Ducks (41-28-5) lead the Pacific Division with 87 points, two more than the Edmonton Oilers. They will be without forward Cutter Gauthier, who had to leave Monday\u2019s game against the Maple Leafs with a lower-body injury. Gauthier, who leads Anaheim with 38 goals and 65 points in 73 games, is not expected to have to miss much more time. The Sharks play in Anaheim on April 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE \u2013 Winger Igor Chernyshov, dealing with an illness, was unavailable to play Wednesday in the San…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":535783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5127],"tags":[233,5,501,4,519,168,61535,5306,5305,1780,24766,507],"class_list":{"0":"post-535782","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose-sharks","8":"tag-anaheim-ducks","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-macklin-celebrini","11":"tag-nhl","12":"tag-san-jose","13":"tag-san-jose-sharks","14":"tag-san-jose-sharks-igor-chernyshov","15":"tag-sanjose","16":"tag-sanjosesharks","17":"tag-sharks","18":"tag-ty-dellandrea","19":"tag-will-smith"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116332599946067340","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}