Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\nSan Jose Sharks News & Notes<\/p>\n
San Jose named Macklin Celebrini its captain on Sept. 25, with former captain Joe Thornton presenting the C. The 2026-27 opening stretch has already complicated that debut. Celebrini was a late scratch with a lower-body injury before a 5-0 loss to Dallas and has since been listed as day-to-day, missing a subsequent practice. The club has not set a return timeline for the forward, who signed a five-year extension over the summer. <\/p>\n
The goaltending picture remains a talking point. Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman reported in late September that San Jose and Winnipeg had discussed a Connor Hellebuyck trade, with Friedman calling the Sharks \u201cvery high up on that list,\u201d though it was unclear who initiated contact. Hellebuyck carries an $8.5 million cap hit through 2031 and full trade protection. San Jose also placed goaltender Eric Comrie and forward Jimmy Huntington on waivers for assignment to AHL San Jose.<\/p>\n
St. Louis Blues News & Notes<\/p>\n
Injuries have shaped the Blues\u2019 early roster. Defenseman Tyler Tucker was ruled week-to-week and sought a second opinion on his knee, while Logan Mailloux underwent surgery on a broken hand sustained in a preseason fight with Chicago\u2019s Cole Smith and is out at least eight weeks before re-evaluation. Both opened the season on injured reserve. Forward Alexey Toropchenko left the opener in Dallas after being checked along the boards and needing help off the ice, and the league listed him out at least six weeks.<\/p>\n
St. Louis responded to the blue-line losses by recalling Adam Jiricek, who made the opening-night roster and drew power-play work, and by claiming defenseman Justin Barron off waivers from Nashville. Jim Montgomery declined to reveal his pairings but pointed to the group\u2019s depth. The Blues went 1-3-0 in the preseason and opened with three straight road games before returning home on October 8 against San Jose. Mason McTavish, acquired in the offseason, scored the team\u2019s first goal in Dallas.<\/p>\n
San Jose Sharks Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Line 1: Mason Marchment \u2013 Will Smith \u2013 Igor Chernyshov<\/p>\n
Line 2: Ivar Stenberg \u2013 Alexander Wennberg \u2013 Kiefer Sherwood<\/p>\n
Line 3: Collin Graf \u2013 Michael Misa \u2013 Tyler Toffoli<\/p>\n
Line 4: Barclay Goodrow \u2013 Zack Ostapchuk \u2013 Ty Dellandrea<\/p>\n
Pair 1: Darnell Nurse \u2013 Michael Kesselring<\/p>\n
Pair 2: Nolan Allan \u2013 Jacob Trouba<\/p>\n
Pair 3: Dmitry Orlov \u2013 Luca Cagnoni<\/p>\n
Goaltenders: Yaroslav Askarov \u2013 Alex Nedeljkovic<\/p>\n
San Jose Sharks Special Teams<\/p>\n
Power play, First unit: Will Smith \u2013 Alexander Wennberg \u2013 Igor Chernyshov \u2013 Luca Cagnoni \u2013 Ivar Stenberg<\/p>\n
Power play, Second unit: Mason Marchment \u2013 Michael Misa \u2013 Tyler Toffoli \u2013 Kiefer Sherwood \u2013 Dmitry Orlov<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, First unit: Alexander Wennberg \u2013 Collin Graf \u2013 Darnell Nurse \u2013 Jacob Trouba<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, Second unit: Barclay Goodrow \u2013 Kiefer Sherwood \u2013 Nolan Allan \u2013 Dmitry Orlov<\/p>\n
St. Louis Blues Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Line 1: Dylan Holloway \u2013 Robert Thomas \u2013 Jimmy Snuggerud<\/p>\n
Line 2: Connor McMichael \u2013 Mason McTavish \u2013 Jonatan Berggren<\/p>\n
Line 3: Jake Neighbours \u2013 Dalibor Dvorsky \u2013 Pavel Buchnevich<\/p>\n
Line 4: Dillon Dube \u2013 Pius Suter \u2013 Ross Johnston<\/p>\n
Pair 1: Philip Broberg \u2013 Adam Ji\u0159\u00ed\u010dek<\/p>\n
Pair 2: Justin Barron \u2013 Colton Parayko<\/p>\n
Pair 3: Cam Fowler \u2013 Brandon Carlo<\/p>\n
Goaltenders: Joel Hofer \u2013 Jordan Binnington<\/p>\n
St. Louis Blues Special Teams<\/p>\n
Power play, First unit: Jimmy Snuggerud \u2013 Robert Thomas \u2013 Dylan Holloway \u2013 Adam Ji\u0159\u00ed\u010dek \u2013 Mason McTavish<\/p>\n
Power play, Second unit: Jake Neighbours \u2013 Pavel Buchnevich \u2013 Dalibor Dvorsky \u2013 Connor McMichael \u2013 Cam Fowler<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, First unit: Pius Suter \u2013 Pavel Buchnevich \u2013 Philip Broberg \u2013 Colton Parayko<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, Second unit: Robert Thomas \u2013 Connor McMichael \u2013 Cam Fowler \u2013 Brandon Carlo<\/p>\n
Players To Watch<\/p>\n
Will Smith \u2014 San Jose Sharks<\/p>\n
With Macklin Celebrini day-to-day, Smith carries more of the Sharks\u2019 offensive load. Box Score Junkie has him at 57.6 shot attempts for per 60 this season to date in 2026-27, with two goals on just 0.8 expected \u2014 a plus-1.2 finishing edge. His 49.5 percent Corsi-for is middling, but the shot volume keeps an anytime-scorer ticket live.<\/p>\n
Jimmy Snuggerud \u2014 St. Louis Blues<\/p>\n
Snuggerud is the Blues\u2019 best territorial driver by Box Score Junkie\u2019s 2026-27 numbers: 58.2 percent Corsi-for, 64.8 shot attempts for per 60 and 1.2 high-danger expected goals generated with him on the ice. He put three shots on net last time out in 18:58. A sensible shots-on-goal prop target.<\/p>\n
Injury Report<\/p>\n
San Jose Sharks<\/p>\n
Macklin Celebrini (C) \u2014 Day-To-Day, Lower Body, expected back Thursday, October 8<\/p>\n
Adam Gaudette (RW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Upper Body, expected back Saturday, October 10<\/p>\n
Alex Barre-Boulet (C) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Undisclosed, expected back Thursday, October 8<\/p>\n
Quentin Musty (LW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Upper Body, expected back Tuesday, December 1<\/p>\n
Cam Lund (C) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Upper Body, expected back Monday, October 19<\/p>\n
Kyle Keyser (G) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Upper Body, expected back Tuesday, December 1<\/p>\n
St. Louis Blues<\/p>\n
Alexey Toropchenko (RW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Upper Body, expected back Saturday, November 14<\/p>\n
Tyler Tucker (D) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Knee, expected back Thursday, November 12<\/p>\n
Felix Trudeau (LW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Undisclosed, expected back Saturday, October 10<\/p>\n
Logan Mailloux (D) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Hand, expected back Wednesday, November 25<\/p>\n
Next Up<\/p>\n
San Jose Sharks: host the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday, October 10.<\/p>\n
St. Louis Blues: host the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday, October 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dean Tait \u2013 Sports Shots The San Jose Sharks visit the St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[188834,190980,46344,190981,401,2098,46345,190982,2101,117998,1035,1721,404,16029,88,90,89,98,21161,106485,3578],"class_list":["post-489254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-2026-27-nhl-regular-season","tag-adam-jiricek","tag-alexey-toropchenko","tag-enterprise-center","tag-hockey","tag-injury-report","tag-jimmy-snuggerud","tag-justin-barron","tag-line-combinations","tag-logan-mailloux","tag-macklin-celebrini","tag-mason-mctavish","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-game-preview","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-sharks","tag-st-louis-blues","tag-tyler-tucker","tag-will-smith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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