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The San Jose Sharks visit the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday, October 22, 2026, with puck drop set for 7:00 PM EDT.
Matchup: San Jose Sharks (5-4-1, 11 points in 2026-27) at Ottawa Senators (7-3-0, 14 points in 2026-27)
Date: Thursday, October 22, 2026
Puck drop: 7:00 PM EDT
Venue: Canadian Tire Centre
How to watch: OTT: TSN5, RDS · SJS: NBCSCA
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San Jose Sharks News & Notes
San Jose rallied past Montreal 4-3, with captain Macklin Celebrini scoring twice, including the overtime winner on the power play. The game came during a six-game road trip the Sharks opened last Thursday in Nashville, where Nedeljkovic stopped 32 shots in a shootout victory over the Predators. Celebrini, who missed earlier time with a lower-body injury, had also scored in San Jose’s 3-1 home loss to Edmonton on Oct. 10, assisted by Michael Misa.
Defenseman Darnell Nurse has not played since fighting Boston’s Nikita Zadorov on Oct. 13, a bout that ended with Nurse going down awkwardly and leaving the game. The team has not released a diagnosis or timeline, though reports suggest the worst case was avoided, and Nurse skated the morning of the Nashville game. He had a goal, 12 blocked shots and eight hits in six games.
Ottawa Senators News & Notes
Linus Ullmark left Wednesday’s game against Florida in the third period after making a save, needing help to reach the bench, with Samuel Ersson replacing him. Ullmark had stopped 16 of 17 shots and entered the night 6-1-0 in seven starts with a 1.33 goals-against average and a .945 save percentage, leading the league in save percentage and tied for the lead in wins. Four of Ottawa’s six wins before that game were decided by one goal.
Ottawa’s blue line has been thin. Captain Thomas Chabot did not play the third period of Saturday’s 3-1 loss in Philadelphia after an upper-body injury, having logged 16 shifts and 12:03. The Senators have used 10 defencemen this season, with Jake Sanderson sidelined by a lower-body issue. Off the ice, the club extended head coach Travis Green through 2030-31, along with assistants Nolan Baumgartner, Ben Sexton and Mike Yeo and goaltending coach Justin Peters. Green reached his 95th win with Ottawa last Thursday.
San Jose Sharks Projected Lines
Line 1: Igor Chernyshov – Macklin Celebrini – Will Smith
Line 2: Ivar Stenberg – Michael Misa – Kiefer Sherwood
Line 3: Mason Marchment – Collin Graf – Tyler Toffoli
Line 4: Barclay Goodrow – Zack Ostapchuk – Ty Dellandrea
Pair 1: Darnell Nurse – Michael Kesselring
Pair 2: Sam Dickinson – Jacob Trouba
Pair 3: Nolan Allan – Dmitry Orlov
Goaltenders: Yaroslav Askarov – Alex Nedeljkovic
San Jose Sharks Special Teams
Power play, First unit: Ivar Stenberg – Mason Marchment – Will Smith – Dmitry Orlov – Macklin Celebrini
Power play, Second unit: Kiefer Sherwood – Michael Misa – Tyler Toffoli – Igor Chernyshov – Jacob Trouba
Penalty kill, First unit: Zack Ostapchuk – Barclay Goodrow – Sam Dickinson – Jacob Trouba
Penalty kill, Second unit: Ty Dellandrea – Collin Graf – Darnell Nurse – Michael Kesselring
Ottawa Senators Projected Lines
Line 1: Fabian Zetterlund – Tim Stützle – Claude Giroux
Line 2: Warren Foegele – Dylan Cozens – Drake Batherson
Line 3: Ridly Greig – Shane Pinto – Michael Amadio
Line 4: Nick Cousins – Stephen Halliday – Hayden Hodgson
Pair 1: Jake Sanderson – Artem Zub
Pair 2: Tyler Kleven – Jordan Spence
Pair 3: Nikolas Matinpalo – Carter Yakemchuk
Goaltenders: Samuel Ersson – Linus Ullmark
Ottawa Senators Special Teams
Power play, First unit: Drake Batherson – Stephen Halliday – Dylan Cozens – Tim Stützle – Jake Sanderson
Power play, Second unit: Shane Pinto – Ridly Greig – Claude Giroux – Fabian Zetterlund – Carter Yakemchuk
Penalty kill, First unit: Shane Pinto – Ridly Greig – Jake Sanderson – Artem Zub
Penalty kill, Second unit: Tim Stützle – Michael Amadio – Tyler Kleven – Jordan Spence
Players To Watch
Macklin Celebrini — San Jose Sharks
Celebrini is coming off a 2G 1A night on six shots in 23:07, and the underlying work backs it up. Box Score Junkie has him at a 61.0% Corsi-for and 62.5% Fenwick this season, with 69.2 shot attempts for per 60 and six goals on 4.1 expected. Shots-on-goal props look live.
Tim Stützle — Ottawa Senators
Stützle had a goal and an assist on a single shot last time out, which fits the pattern: Box Score Junkie credits him with six goals on 2.4 expected this season, a plus-3.6 finishing edge, plus 5.4 high-danger xG generated with him on the ice. The 48.9% Corsi-for is middling, so the production is coming from efficiency.
Injury Report
San Jose Sharks
Alexander Wennberg (C) — Day-To-Day, Upper Body, expected back Thursday, October 22
Quentin Musty (LW) — Injured Reserve, Upper Body, expected back Tuesday, December 1
Kyle Keyser (G) — Injured Reserve, Upper Body, expected back Tuesday, December 1
Ottawa Senators
Linus Ullmark (G) — Day-To-Day, Lower Body, expected back Thursday, October 22
Thomas Chabot (D) — Out, Upper Body, expected back Tuesday, October 27
William Eklund (LW) — Injured Reserve, Ankle, expected back Tuesday, January 5
Kurtis MacDermid (LW) — Injured Reserve, Upper Body, expected back Saturday, October 31
Next Up
San Jose Sharks: visit the Boston Bruins on Saturday, October 24.
Ottawa Senators: host the New York Rangers on Saturday, October 24.