John Klingberg will miss the Saturday matinee against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The San Jose Sharks’ leading offensive defenseman by far — Klingberg’s nine goals is sixth among NHL rearguards and more than the entire output (six goals) of the rest of his team’s blueline — he will be replaced by Timothy Liljegren, who will be returning from an upper-body injury.
Klingberg suffered this lower-body injury, considered day-to-day, during the 4-3 New Year’s Eve shootout win over the Minnesota Wild.
San Jose Sharks (20-17-3)
Yaroslav Askarov will start.
This is how the Sharks practiced on Friday, and how lines are expected to look today:
#SJSharks lines today, no Klingberg/Gaudette, Liljegren & Desharnais practicing:
Eklund-Celebrini-Chernyshov
Graf-Wennberg-Toffoli
Regenda-Dellandrea-Skinner
Goodrow-Ostapchuk-Reaves
Ferraro-Mukhamadullin
Orlov-Liljegren
Dickinson-Iorio
Leddy-Desharnais
— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) January 2, 2026
#SJSharks power play groups at practice sans Klingberg…
PP1: Orlov-Celebrini-Eklund-Toffoli-Wennberg
PP2: Liljegren-Skinner-Graf-Chernyshov-Regenda
— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) January 2, 2026
Tampa Bay Lightning (24-13-3)
Lightning head coach Jon Cooper will share more line-up details shortly.
He’s also Macklin Celebrini’s head coach with Team Canada, and will speak to that, too.
Where To Watch
Puck drop between the San Jose Sharks and Tampa Bay Lightning is at 1 PM PT at SAP Center. Watch it live on NBC Sports California. Listen to it on the Sharks Audio Network.
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