{"id":554076,"date":"2026-04-16T21:06:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/554076\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T21:06:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:06:25","slug":"nhl-game-preview-san-jose-sharks-vs-winnipeg-jets-with-line-combinations-04-16-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/554076\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: San Jose Sharks vs Winnipeg Jets with Line Combinations (04\/16\/2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WINNIPEG-JETS-VS-SAN-JOSE-SHARKS.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: Conrad Jack (Inside The Rink)<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks (38-35-8) at Winnipeg Jets (35-34-12)<br \/>Venue: Canada Life Centre<br \/>Date: Today \u2013 Thursday, April 16th<br \/>Time: 7:00 pm CST<br \/>How To Watch: TSN3<br \/>Radio: 680 CJOB<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>San Jose is gearing up for their final regular-season game tonight in Winnipeg. They\u2019ll look to end the season by spoiling Winnipeg\u2019s fan appreciation night. San Jose was eliminated from playoff contention on Monday night and will look to build on the positives from the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Jets News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg wraps up their season with fan appreciation tonight, and they\u2019ll look to go out with that one last win. The Jets were eliminated from playoff contention on Monday night and look to navigate what is shaping up to be a tough offseason.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Chernyshov \u2013 Celebrini \u2013 Smith<br \/>Eklund \u2013 Wennberg \u2013 Sherwood<br \/>Graf \u2013 Misa \u2013 Toffoli<br \/>Goodrow \u2013 Ostapchuk \u2013 Gaudette<\/p>\n<p>Mukhamadullin \u2013 Orlov<br \/>Dickinson \u2013 Ferraro<br \/>Cagnoni \u2013 Desharnais<\/p>\n<p>Nedeljkovic<br \/>Askarov<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Jets Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Connor \u2013 Scheifele \u2013 Vilardi<br \/>Perfetti \u2013 Lowry \u2013 Niederreieter<br \/>Rosen \u2013 Namestnikov \u2013 Lambert<br \/>Koepke \u2013 Yager \u2013 Chibrikov<\/p>\n<p>Morrissey \u2013 DeMelo<br \/>Samberg \u2013 Miller<br \/>Fleury \u2013 Heinola<\/p>\n<p>Comrie<br \/>Hellebuyck<\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks<\/p>\n<p>Macklin Celebrini aims to go out with a bang this season, and he\u2019ll look to do so with a big win over the Winnipeg Jets<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Jets<\/p>\n<p>Brayden Yager continues to be a strong standout for Winnipeg, and he\u2019ll aim to notch his first NHL point to gain confidence before he heads back down to Manitoba for their playoff run.<\/p>\n<p>Next game<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks \u2013 2026-27 NHL Preseason<br \/>Winnipeg Jets \u2013 2026-27 NHL Preseason<\/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\/cjack\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776373585_918_e50dfbea4641d046ef8e16e2e54ca52abea6c285162ff2d320dc3eb277ca8c8d.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/cjack\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Conrad Jack<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Conrad Jack is a Manitoba-based media credentialed sportswriter covering the Winnipeg Jets (NHL) and the Manitoba Moose (AHL). He also covers the NHL Draft and World Junior Championship for ITR. He also covers league-wide news in his weekly series &#8216;Saturday&#8217;s notebook&#8217; and through individual articles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo Credit: Conrad Jack (Inside The Rink) San Jose Sharks (38-35-8) at Winnipeg Jets (35-34-12)Venue: Canada Life CentreDate:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5127],"tags":[3345,3918,5,501,3522,4,5573,519,168,5306,5305,1780,18],"class_list":{"0":"post-554076","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose-sharks","8":"tag-2025-26-nhl-season","9":"tag-brayden-yager","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-macklin-celebrini","12":"tag-mark-scheifele","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-nhl-game-preview","15":"tag-san-jose","16":"tag-san-jose-sharks","17":"tag-sanjose","18":"tag-sanjosesharks","19":"tag-sharks","20":"tag-winnipeg-jets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116416427342850289","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554076","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=554076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}