NASHVILLE \u2014 Luca Cagnoni will be on the San Jose Sharks\u2019 top power play unit on Monday.<\/p>\n
The 21-year-old defenseman, officially recalled on Sunday, has led the San Jose Barracuda PP to much success over the last two years. Last season, the Cuda power play was the best in the AHL, this year, the second-best.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s distributes the puck really well. He reads penalty kills,\u201d head coach Ryan Warsofsky said of Cagnoni\u2019s power play acumen. \u201cOne of his best attributes is to manipulate penalty kills.\u201d<\/p>\n
Warsofsky didn\u2019t share Cagnoni\u2019s defensive partner tonight, but did say that Nick Leddy would be scratched in favor of Cagnoni.<\/p>\n
Hello from Nashville!<\/p>\n
Cagnoni is on the ice for #SJSharks<\/a> morning skate pic.twitter.com\/wOO6gsj52i<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) April 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n What\u2019s he looking for overall from Cagnoni?<\/p>\n \u201cPlay towards his strengths,\u201d Warsofsky said. \u201cMove pucks, help on the offensive blueline a little bit. Get some shots through and play his game.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cJust play the right way,\u201d Cagnoni said of how he wants to close this season. \u201cGo out there, work hard, show them what I can do offensively and just play some smart hockey.\u201d<\/p>\n San Jose Sharks (37-34-8)<\/p>\n Alex Nedeljkovic starts.<\/p>\n Warsofsky says the Sharks are running the same forward lines as last game:<\/p>\n Chernyshov-Celebrini-Smith Cagnoni will come in for Leddy on defense, pairings revealed during warm-ups.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s how the Sharks ran their power plays this morning\u2026<\/p>\n PP1: Cagnoni-Celebrini-Smith-Toffoli-Kurashev (filling in for Alex Wennberg on a maintenance day) Collin Graf and Vinny Desharnais spoke on the struggling penalty kill, coming shortly. The Sharks PK has been touched up for 11 goals in their last 18 kills.<\/p>\n Two reasons jumped out to Graf, for what\u2019s happened.<\/p>\n \u201cGot the puck on your stick, we got to make sure it gets all the way down,\u201d he said. \u201cThe last 15 seconds are just as important as the first 15.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe structure\u2019s there,\u201d Desharnais said. \u201cIt\u2019s just one bad stick, one bad clear. It\u2019s always a little something.\u201d<\/p>\n Like Warsofsky said after the last game, Desharnais has never seen a bad beat like this.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s why it\u2019s so frustrating and so embarrassing,\u201d he said. \u201cThe PK was a big part of why we were in that race, but the PK is one of the main reasons why we\u2019re not in that race anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n Tonight\u2019s scratches appear to be Leddy, Philipp Kurashev, Pavol Regenda, Ty Dellandrea, and John Klingberg.<\/p>\n Nashville Predators (38-32-10)<\/p>\n Annunen first off the ice. https:\/\/t.co\/cnpnsYpojK<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Alex Daugherty (@AlexDaugherty1) April 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Where To Watch<\/p>\n 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 \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
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PP2: Orlov-Eklund-Chernyshov-Sherwood-Misa<\/p>\n