{"id":550364,"date":"2026-04-11T14:33:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T14:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/550364\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T14:33:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T14:33:26","slug":"nhl-game-preview-vancouver-canucks-vs-san-jose-sharks-with-line-combinations-4-11-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/550364\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Vancouver Canucks vs. San Jose Sharks with Line Combinations | 4\/11\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vancouver Canucks (22-48-8, 52 pts) at San Jose Sharks (37-34-7, 81 pts)<br \/>Venue: SAP Center<br \/>Date: Saturday, April 11th<br \/>Time: 10:30 pm ET \/ 7:30 pm PT<\/p>\n<p>TV: ESPN+ \/ NBC Sports \/ Sportsnet<br \/>Radio:\u00a0<br \/>San Jose Sharks \u2013 Sharks Audio Network<br \/>Vancouver Canucks \u2013 Sportsnet 650 AM<\/p>\n<p>DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:<br \/>San Jose Sharks -1.5 ML -218<br \/>Vancouver Canucks +1.5 ML +180<br \/>O\/U 6.5<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver Canucks News and Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Vancouver Canucks have slowed down a lot as far as offensive production goes. After losing back-to-back games where they only scored one goal, the Canucks are looking to add to the team chemistry of their brand new roster and to find the back of the net at a more consistent rate to boost morale. On the flip side, the Canucks are locked in for the best odds at the number one overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, but who they will target is yet to be determined.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks News and Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The San Jose Sharks are hanging on by a thread in the Western Conference Playoff Race. The Sharks sit just four points back from the final spot, currently held by the Los Angeles Kings. There are still many teams in the mix for the wild card spot, like the Nashville Predators, the Winnipeg Jets, the St. Louis Blues, or even the Seattle Kraken, so every single game counts at this point in the season for the San Jose Sharks, and they can\u2019t afford to lose easier matchups in this tight of a race.<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver Canucks Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">O\u2019Connor-E. Pettersson-DeBrusk<br \/>Ohgren-Rossi-Boeser<br \/>Sasson-Blueger-Karlsson<br \/>Douglas-Raty-Hoglander<\/p>\n<p>Buium-Hronek<br \/>M. Pettersson-Willander<br \/>E. N. Pettersson-Joseph<\/p>\n<p>Tolopilo<br \/>Patera<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Graf-Celebrini-Smith<br \/>Eklund-Wennberg-Sherwood<br \/>Toffoli-Misa-Regenda<br \/>Goodrow-Ostapchuk-Dellandrea<\/p>\n<p>Orlov-Desharnais<br \/>Mukhamadullin-Ferraro<br \/>Dickinson-Leddy<\/p>\n<p>Askarov<br \/>Nedeljkovic<\/p>\n<p>Players to Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver Canucks:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxscorejunkie.com\/player\/nhl\/8482055\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Drew O\u2019Connor<\/a> is officially back on the top line alongside Jake DeBrusk and Elias Pettersson, a spot where he has thrived this season while looking to add to his 17 goals and 12 assists. 6-foot-9 monster Curtis Douglas is still looking for his first points as a Vancouver Canucks since his departure from the Tampa Bay Lightning. With Douglas\u2019 role solidified as a fourth line enforcer, it\u2019s time for him to get rewarded with some points on the board.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks:<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the young phenom that is Macklin Celebrini has been a handful for any team to deal with as he continues to add to his 42 goals and 66 assists on the season. However, Kiefer Sherwood is looking for some revenge against the team that traded him away, while he looks to continue his hot streak with two goals in his last three games.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver Canucks:<\/p>\n<p>G Kevin Lankinen \u2013 Day to Day<br \/>LW Evander Kane \u2013 Day to Day<br \/>C Filip Chytil \u2013 IR<br \/>D Derek Forbort \u2013 LTIR<br \/>G Thatcher Demko \u2013 LTIR<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks:<\/p>\n<p>RW Ryan Reaves \u2013 Day to Day<br \/>C Logan Couture \u2013 IR<br \/>G Carey Price \u2013 SELTIR<\/p>\n<p>Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks: Monday, April 13 at Nashville Predators \u2013 8 pm ET<br \/>Vancouver Canucks: Sunday, April 12 at Anaheim Ducks \u2013 8 pm ET<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vancouver Canucks (22-48-8, 52 pts) at San Jose Sharks (37-34-7, 81 pts)Venue: SAP CenterDate: Saturday, April 11thTime: 10:30&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[462],"tags":[7704,12257,1614,2318,5,7747,6386,145,501,4,465,466,234,84,92,18],"class_list":{"0":"post-550364","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl-draft","8":"tag-2026-nhl-draft","9":"tag-curtis-douglas","10":"tag-drew-oconnor","11":"tag-elias-pettersson","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-jake-debrusk","14":"tag-kiefer-sherwood","15":"tag-los-angeles-kings","16":"tag-macklin-celebrini","17":"tag-nhl","18":"tag-nhl-draft","19":"tag-nhl-entry-draft","20":"tag-seattle-kraken","21":"tag-st-louis-blues","22":"tag-tampa-bay-lightning","23":"tag-winnipeg-jets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116386569188345400","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550364","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=550364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}