December 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\nThe San Jose Sharks will not hold a morning skate before Sunday\u2019s 2 PM PT clash at the Carolina Hurricanes, meaning Warsofsky should reveal more line-up details about two-and-a-half hours before tomorrow\u2019s game.<\/p>\n
Graf\u2019s promotion to the top line isn\u2019t a surprise, considering how Warsofsky complimented the young winger after Friday\u2019s 4-1 loss to the Dallas Stars, calling him the team\u2019s best player.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s played some good hockey, stacked some games together,\u201d Warsofsky said. \u201cWe need someone to go in there and help win some pucks, so we can play with the puck in the offensive zone. If you look at the [Dallas] game, at the end of the day, we don\u2019t win enough pucks in all areas. When we even have numbers in there to our favor, we don\u2019t win pucks. So it\u2019ll be a big key tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
Warsofsky disclosed yesterday that Reaves, scratched against the Stars, was \u201cnicked up\u201d. It\u2019s a day-to-day lower-body injury and the physical winger should be available to play against the Canes, if need be. Reaves said it\u2019s something that he\u2019s been dealing with for about a month.<\/p>\n
As for Mukhamadullin, Warsofsky spoke honestly about the young defenseman\u2019s development, a story that will come out later at SJHN. Warsofsky insists there\u2019s a plan behind Mukhamadullin\u2019s recent run of healthy scratches.<\/p>\n
How about the much-maligned Klingberg?<\/p>\n
This is what the San Jose Sharks looked like on the power play.<\/p>\n
PP1: Klingberg-Eklund-Celebrini-Toffoli-Wennberg
PP2: Orlov-Smith-Kurashev-Skinner-Graf<\/p>\n
Keeping in mind, once again, that the Sharks may go in another direction tomorrow, these are some drastic changes, besides Klingberg\u2019s promotion to PP1, as Will Smith goes to the second unit, and Graf moves up too.<\/p>\n
Warsofsky spoke honestly about what he\u2019s hoping to get out of Klingberg on the power play, conceding that the 33-year-old defenseman isn\u2019t the player that he used to be.<\/p>\n
So why does he keep pushing Klingberg on the top unit?<\/p>\n
That conversation will also be on SJHN soon, later today.<\/p>\n
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