ST. LOUIS — The San Jose Sharks showed off a refreshed power play unit during Wednesday’s practice.

Macklin Celebrini, once again, did not participate in practice. Head coach Ryan Warsofsky didn’t rule him out for Thursday night’s game at the St. Louis Blues, but Celebrini didn’t skate today or yesterday either.

So here’s how a Celebrini-less power play looked.

Sharks tools

PP1: Cagnoni-Stenberg-Chernyshov-Smith-Wennberg

Luca Cagnoni manned the point, Ivar Stenberg took the left flank, Igor Chernyshov held the bumper, Will Smith took the right side, and Alex Wennberg was net front. Left-handed Stenberg and right-handed Smith also flip-flopped flanks, which accentuates their one-timers.

PP2: Orlov/Trouba-Sherwood-Toffoli-Marchment-Misa

Up top, PP2 incumbent Dmitry Orlov switched off with Jacob Trouba. Right-handed Kiefer Sherwood took the left flank, Tyler Toffoli the bumper, left-handed Mason Marchment took the right flank, and Michael Misa had net front.

Notably, 2026 No. 2 pick Ivar Stenberg is getting a look on the top power play unit, after starting the season with the second group.

What makes Warsofsky confident that the 19-year-old could shoulder PP1 responsibility?

“He’s just shown a lot of poise. He’s progressed here nicely,” Warsofsky said. “He’s got patience on the half-wall. He can play both sides.”

We’ll see if these power play lines hold. The same could be said about the San Jose Sharks’ 5-on-5 lines, which remained the same as yesterday, except for one notable exception.

Marchment-Smith-Chernyshov
Stenberg-Wennberg-Sherwood
Graf-Misa-Toffoli
Goodrow-Ostapchuk-Dellandrea

Nurse-Kesselring
Allan-Trouba
Orlov-Cagnoni

Nolan Allan practiced ahead of Sam Dickinson today, after Dickinson played ahead of him yesterday and in Monday night’s game.

Warsofsky emphasized that these lines weren’t final, so we’ll ask him more about Dickinson tomorrow. The 2024 No. 11 pick was scratched for the first two games of the San Jose Sharks season.

Also of note, Will Smith is back at center for a second-straight day. It’s trending that we’ll see Smith taking regular shifts up the middle in an NHL game tomorrow, for the first time since, I believe, early in the 2024-25 season.

What does Warsofsky like about Smith at center the last two days?

“Just the pace. I think he’s a guy that needs to play with some pace,” Warsofsky said, “and I think I’ve seen that here the last couple days, of a guy who looks pretty comfortable.”

Smith is a natural center, drafted as such in 2023, when the San Jose Sharks made him the fourth-overall selection. Smith had a tough time up the middle in the fall of 2024, his rookie campaign, but he was a teenager and that was two years ago.

“Every player, a younger player, usually the game slows down for them at some point,” Warsofsky said. “He’s one that’s obviously the game has slowed down for him tremendously through the last year.”

That said, Warsofsky advised some patience with Smith, if he’s indeed the Sharks de facto No. 1 center tomorrow.

“He’s been playing the wing for most of last year, so it’ll be some adjustment if he finds himself there.”