{"id":543006,"date":"2026-03-24T20:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T20:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/543006\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T20:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T20:51:08","slug":"preview-lines-69-chernyshov-is-back-change-on-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/543006\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview\/Lines #69: Chernyshov Is Back, Change on Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASHVILLE \u2014 Igor Chernyshov is back.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks head coach Ryan Warsofsky confirmed that Chernyshov would return to action against the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night, 10 days after suffering a scary head injury in Montreal.<\/p>\n<p>Macklin Celebrini will center Chernyshov and Will Smith.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach one brings something, a different element,\u201d Warsofsky said, \u201chopefully try to get some chemistry once they get together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Hockey Now spoke with Chernyshov about his injury for a story coming later today.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose Sharks (32-30-6)<\/p>\n<p>Alex Nedeljkovic will start; Yaroslav Askarov will back up.<\/p>\n<p>In a change from Monday\u2019s practice, Sam Dickinson will play ahead of Nick Leddy.<\/p>\n<p>The Sharks didn\u2019t do lines at morning skate.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Good morning from Music City!<\/p>\n<p>Chernyshov and Desharnais on the ice for morning skate <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f2Qz0DMZ10\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/f2Qz0DMZ10<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sheng_Peng\/status\/2036481534450881014?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Warsofsky did not confirm lines, except for the top line, but these are the players who should be in the line-up. This is my lines projection:<\/p>\n<p>Chernyshov-Celebrini-Smith<br \/>Eklund-Wennberg-Graf<br \/>Sherwood-Misa-Regenda<br \/>Goodrow-Ostapchuk-Gaudette<\/p>\n<p>Orlov-Klingberg<br \/>Mukhamadullin-Ferraro<br \/>Dickinson-Desharnais<\/p>\n<p>Nedeljkovic<\/p>\n<p>San Jose did practice the power play today, and this is what it looked like.<\/p>\n<p>PP1: Orlov-Celebrini-Smith-Eklund-Wennberg<br \/>PP2: Klingberg-Chernyshov-Misa-Sherwood-Regenda<\/p>\n<p>The Sharks snapped a 0-for-9 power play skid on Saturday with a second period Dmitry Orlov strike.<\/p>\n<p>Another PP in a third period yielded five shots.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the kind of power play that the Sharks will try to emulate tonight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[We] shot the puck. Taking what was given to us and not forcing anything. We\u2019re just putting pucks to the net,\u201d William Eklund said, of what was working on those power plays.<\/p>\n<p>Nashville Predators (33-28-9)<\/p>\n<p>Juuse Saros will start.<\/p>\n<p>Per NHL.com, here\u2019s how the Preds should line up:<\/p>\n<p>Steven Stamkos \u2014 Ryan O\u2019Reilly \u2014 Luke Evangelista<br \/>Filip Forsberg \u2014 Matthew Wood \u2014 Jonathan Marchessault<br \/>Zachary L\u2019Heureux \u2014 Erik Haula \u2014 Tyson Jost<br \/>Reid Schaefer \u2014 Fedor Svechkov \u2014 Joakim Kemell<\/p>\n<p>Brady Skjei \u2014 Roman Josi<br \/>Nicolas Hague \u2014 Nick Perbix<br \/>Adam Wilsby \u2014 Ryan Ufko<\/p>\n<p>Where To Watch<\/p>\n<p>Puck drop between the San Jose Sharks and Nashville Predators is at 5 PM PT at Bridgestone Arena. 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><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASHVILLE \u2014 Igor Chernyshov is back. 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