{"id":198489,"date":"2026-02-28T21:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/198489\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:50:10","slug":"preview-lines-57-wennberg-toffoli-coach-pride-scrimmage-mukhamadullin-back-in-sharks-line-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/198489\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview\/Lines #57: Wennberg &#038; Toffoli Coach Pride Scrimmage, Mukhamadullin Back in Sharks&#8217; Line-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Wennberg and Tyler Toffoli got new jobs on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Wennberg and Toffoli coached in the fourth annual San Jose Sharks\u2019 Pride Scrimmage, between the Sharks front office, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sfquakes\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Earthquakes<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/teamtransicehockey\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Team Trans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019re trans, if you\u2019re gay, if you\u2019re bi,\u201d Wennberg told San Jose Hockey Now. \u201cSo for me to just be here and support it, it\u2019s important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody who\u2019s a part of the community should have a right to play and be able to be themselves,\u201d Toffoli said.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks (27-25-4)<\/p>\n<p>Yaroslav Askarov will start.<\/p>\n<p>Shakir Mukhamadullin will come in for Timothy Liljegren, and Pavol Regenda will slide in for Ryan Reaves.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll see lines at warm-ups, but they should look similar to start of last game.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s my best guess:<\/p>\n<p>Sherwood-Celebrini-Smith<br \/>Graf-Wennberg-Kurashev<br \/>Eklund-Misa-Toffoli<br \/>Goodrow-Ostapchuk-Regenda<\/p>\n<p>Orlov-Klingberg<br \/>Ferraro-Mukhamadullin<br \/>Dickinson-Desharnais<\/p>\n<p>Askarov<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what Warsofsky is looking for from <a href=\"https:\/\/sanjosehockeynow.com\/san-jose-sharks-sj-sharkie-alysa-liu-macklin-rick-celebrini\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shakir Mukhamadullin<\/a>, who recently spoke to the Mercury News about his unhappiness with his season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way that he defends with some urgency and gets into people and gets people away from our net,\u201d Warsofsky said, \u201cand then his puck play, he\u2019s making the right reads with his puck decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Oilers (29-23-8)<\/p>\n<p>Connor Ingram will start and Kasperi Kapanen will be in the line-up.<\/p>\n<p>The Oilers didn\u2019t practice yesterday, but this is how they lined up in an 8-1 rout of the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Connor Ingram starts between the pipes as the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Oilers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Oilers<\/a> go with 11 forwards &amp; six defencemen vs. the Kings.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlayAlbertaCA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@PlayAlbertaCA<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LetsGoOilers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#LetsGoOilers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dF96Ycnvtb\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/dF96Ycnvtb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdmontonOilers\/status\/2027223043249148310?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Where To Watch<\/p>\n<p>Puck drop between the San Jose Sharks and Edmonton Oilers 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>\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><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex Wennberg and Tyler Toffoli got new jobs on Friday. 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