{"id":499231,"date":"2026-10-17T12:28:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T12:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/499231\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T12:28:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T12:28:46","slug":"nhl-game-preview-san-jose-sharks-at-detroit-red-wings-with-line-combinations-10-17-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/499231\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: San Jose Sharks at Detroit Red Wings with Line Combinations 10\/17\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792240126_465_Untitled-design.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"border-radius:14px;object-fit:cover;\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Brian Bradshaw Sevald \u2013 Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The San Jose Sharks visit the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena on Saturday, October 17, 2026, with puck drop set for 7:00\u202fPM EDT.<\/p>\n<p>Matchup: San Jose Sharks (4-3-0, 8 points in 2026-27) at Detroit Red Wings (2-3-2, 6 points in 2026-27)<\/p>\n<p>Date: Saturday, October 17, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Puck drop: 7:00\u202fPM EDT<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Little Caesars Arena<\/p>\n<p>How to watch: DET: DSN \u00b7 SJS: NBCSCA<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?subId1=ITD&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fmlb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks News &amp; Notes<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">San Jose placed forward Alex Barr\u00e9-Boulet on waivers on Oct. 14 with the intention of assigning him to the AHL\u2019s San Jose Barracuda. Barr\u00e9-Boulet signed a two-year, two-way deal with the Sharks and was limited in the preseason by an injury that landed him on injured reserve. He put up 70 points in 70 games last season, second in AHL scoring, with 26 goals and 44 assists, and added 12 points in 17 playoff games. He has 19 points in 72 career NHL games with four teams. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sharks picked up another shootout win on Thursday 3-2 over the Predators. All four of San Jose\u2019s wins have come via the shootout or overtime. The Sharks blew a two goal lead which led to the game going to overtime and a shootout. Macklin Celebrini scored the loan goal in the shootout to pick up the second point. <\/p>\n<p>Detroit Red Wings News &amp; Notes<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Detroit picked up their second win over the season with a 2-1 victory over the Flyers on Thursday. Anton Johansson scored his first career NHL goal and Andrew Copp scored the game winner with four minutes left in the game. Daniil Tarasov got the win, his first as a Red Wing stopping 17 of the 18 shots he faced. Tarasov in two games leads the league in goals-against and save percentage. He has a 0.79 goals-against average and a .965 save percentage. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two contract situations remain open. Simon Edvinsson is unsigned, with reports that his camp is seeking north of $12 million annually, while the Dylan Larkin saga continues without resolution. In Edvinsson\u2019s absence, Albert Johansson has paired with Moritz Seider and Ben Chiarot has been steady. Detroit\u2019s second line of Emmitt Finnie between DeBrincat and Michael Brandsegg-Nygard has carried the offense, while the top line of Victor Arvidsson, Larkin and Lucas Raymond has produced little. Marco Kasper remains out without a clear timeline, leaving the bottom six thin. <\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Line 1: Igor Chernyshov \u2013 Macklin Celebrini \u2013 Will Smith<\/p>\n<p>Line 2: Mason Marchment \u2013 Alexander Wennberg \u2013 Tyler Toffoli<\/p>\n<p>Line 3: Ivar Stenberg \u2013 Michael Misa \u2013 Kiefer Sherwood<\/p>\n<p>Line 4: Barclay Goodrow \u2013 Zack Ostapchuk \u2013 Collin Graf<\/p>\n<p>Pair 1: Dmitry Orlov \u2013 Michael Kesselring<\/p>\n<p>Pair 2: Sam Dickinson \u2013 Jacob Trouba<\/p>\n<p>Pair 3: Nolan Allan \u2013 Luca Cagnoni<\/p>\n<p>Goaltenders: Alex Nedeljkovic \u2013 Yaroslav Askarov<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks Special Teams<\/p>\n<p>Power play, First unit: Ivar Stenberg \u2013 Alexander Wennberg \u2013 Will Smith \u2013 Luca Cagnoni \u2013 Macklin Celebrini<\/p>\n<p>Power play, Second unit: Mason Marchment \u2013 Michael Misa \u2013 Tyler Toffoli \u2013 Igor Chernyshov \u2013 Dmitry Orlov<\/p>\n<p>Penalty kill, First unit: Zack Ostapchuk \u2013 Barclay Goodrow \u2013 Sam Dickinson \u2013 Jacob Trouba<\/p>\n<p>Penalty kill, Second unit: Alexander Wennberg \u2013 Collin Graf \u2013 Nolan Allan \u2013 Michael Kesselring<\/p>\n<p>Detroit Red Wings Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Line 1: Nate Danielson \u2013 Dylan Larkin \u2013 Viktor Arvidsson<\/p>\n<p>Line 2: Alex DeBrincat \u2013 Emmitt Finnie \u2013 Michael Brandsegg-Nyg\u00e5rd<\/p>\n<p>Line 3: Michael Rasmussen \u2013 Andrew Copp \u2013 Lucas Raymond<\/p>\n<p>Line 4: Sheldon Dries \u2013 Keegan Kolesar<\/p>\n<p>Pair 1: Ben Chiarot \u2013 Moritz Seider<\/p>\n<p>Pair 2: William Wallinder \u2013 Justin Faulk<\/p>\n<p>Pair 3: Albert Johansson \u2013 Anton Johansson<\/p>\n<p>Goaltenders: Daniil Tarasov \u2013 John Gibson<\/p>\n<p>Detroit Red Wings Special Teams<\/p>\n<p>Power play, First unit: Viktor Arvidsson \u2013 Dylan Larkin \u2013 Lucas Raymond \u2013 Alex DeBrincat \u2013 Moritz Seider<\/p>\n<p>Power play, Second unit: Michael Rasmussen \u2013 Andrew Copp \u2013 Michael Brandsegg-Nyg\u00e5rd \u2013 Emmitt Finnie \u2013 Justin Faulk<\/p>\n<p>Penalty kill, First unit: Andrew Copp \u2013 Michael Rasmussen \u2013 Albert Johansson \u2013 Moritz Seider<\/p>\n<p>Penalty kill, Second unit: Emmitt Finnie \u2013 Sheldon Dries \u2013 Ben Chiarot \u2013 Justin Faulk<\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch<\/p>\n<p>Will Smith \u2014 San Jose Sharks<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith scored and fired five shots in 19:48 last time out, and he\u2019s San Jose\u2019s most productive forward by the underlying numbers. Box Score Junkie has him at 51.3% Corsi-for with 54.8 shot attempts for per 60 this season, and three goals on 1.8 expected \u2014 he\u2019s finishing above his chances, so the shots-on-goal prop is live.<\/p>\n<p>Alex DeBrincat \u2014 Detroit Red Wings<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Box Score Junkie\u2019s 2026-27 figures have DeBrincat driving play as well as anyone in this game: 61.9% Corsi-for, 73.6 shot attempts for per 60 and 3.7 high-danger expected goals generated with him on the ice. Four goals on 3.8 expected means the production is earned, not luck. Against San Jose\u2019s leaky blue line, he\u2019s the one to watch.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks<\/p>\n<p>Darnell Nurse (D) \u2014 Day-To-Day, Upper Body, expected back Saturday, October 17<\/p>\n<p>Quentin Musty (LW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Upper Body, expected back Tuesday, December 1<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Keyser (G) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Upper Body, expected back Tuesday, December 1<\/p>\n<p>Detroit Red Wings<\/p>\n<p>Simon Edvinsson (D) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Contract Dispute, expected back Saturday, October 31<\/p>\n<p>J.T. Compher (LW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Undisclosed, expected back Saturday, October 17<\/p>\n<p>Mason Appleton (C) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Undisclosed, expected back Monday, October 26<\/p>\n<p>Marco Kasper (C) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Upper Body, expected back Tuesday, October 20<\/p>\n<p>Next Up<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks: visit the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday, October 19.<\/p>\n<p>Detroit Red Wings: visit the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday, October 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brian Bradshaw Sevald \u2013 Imagn Images The San Jose Sharks visit the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":499232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[188834,193732,23917,4215,193733,193734,82904,21087,90987,1805,21159,193735,401,2098,2101,56248,25743,1035,193736,130747,404,16029,88,90,89,98,144732,3809,3578],"class_list":["post-499231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-2026-27-nhl-regular-season","tag-albert-johansson","tag-alex-debrincat","tag-alex-nedeljkovic","tag-andrew-copp","tag-anton-johansson","tag-ben-chiarot","tag-daniil-tarasov","tag-darnell-nurse","tag-detroit-red-wings","tag-dylan-larkin","tag-emmitt-finnie","tag-hockey","tag-injury-report","tag-line-combinations","tag-little-caesars-arena","tag-lucas-raymond","tag-macklin-celebrini","tag-marco-kasper","tag-moritz-seider","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-game-preview","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-sharks","tag-simon-edvinsson","tag-tyler-toffoli","tag-will-smith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499231","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=499231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}