{"id":119002,"date":"2026-01-03T19:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T19:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/119002\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T19:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T19:46:07","slug":"preview-lines-41-klingberg-out-this-afternoon-cooper-talks-celebrini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/119002\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview\/Lines #41: Klingberg Out This Afternoon, Cooper Talks Celebrini"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Klingberg will miss the Saturday matinee against the Tampa Bay Lightning.<\/p>\n<p>The San Jose Sharks\u2019 leading offensive defenseman by far \u2014 Klingberg\u2019s nine goals is sixth among NHL rearguards and more than the entire output (six goals) of the rest of his team\u2019s blueline \u2014 he will be replaced by Timothy Liljegren, who will be returning from an upper-body injury.<\/p>\n<p>Klingberg suffered this lower-body injury, considered day-to-day, during the 4-3 New Year\u2019s Eve shootout win over the Minnesota Wild.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks (20-17-3)<\/p>\n<p>Yaroslav Askarov will start.<\/p>\n<p>This is how the Sharks practiced on Friday, and how lines are expected to look today:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"da\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SJSharks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#SJSharks<\/a> lines today, no Klingberg\/Gaudette, Liljegren &amp; Desharnais practicing:<\/p>\n<p>Eklund-Celebrini-Chernyshov<br \/>Graf-Wennberg-Toffoli<br \/>Regenda-Dellandrea-Skinner<br \/>Goodrow-Ostapchuk-Reaves<\/p>\n<p>Ferraro-Mukhamadullin<br \/>Orlov-Liljegren<br \/>Dickinson-Iorio<br \/>Leddy-Desharnais<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sheng_Peng\/status\/2007169078197170224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"no\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SJSharks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#SJSharks<\/a> power play groups at practice sans Klingberg\u2026<\/p>\n<p>PP1: Orlov-Celebrini-Eklund-Toffoli-Wennberg<br \/>PP2: Liljegren-Skinner-Graf-Chernyshov-Regenda<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sheng_Peng\/status\/2007172767435862494?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning (24-13-3)<\/p>\n<p>Lightning head coach Jon Cooper will share more line-up details shortly.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s also Macklin Celebrini\u2019s head coach with Team Canada, and will speak to that, too.<\/p>\n<p>Where To Watch<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Klingberg will miss the Saturday matinee against the Tampa Bay Lightning. 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