The San Jose Sharks are getting some much-needed reinforcements.<\/p>\n
Center Alex Wennberg<\/a>, who\u2019s missed the last 10 games with an upper-body injury suffered on Oct. 19, is back in the line-up.<\/p>\n Wennberg was coy about how he suffered his injury at the Toronto Maple Leafs.<\/p>\n Sharks tools<\/p>\n<\/p>\n But there\u2019s no doubt, the San Jose Sharks have missed him. They\u2019re 3-7-0 without him, and the Sharks have lost seven of their last eight.<\/p>\n How have San Jose missed Wennberg most?<\/p>\n \u201cObviously, match-up based. He\u2019s a big guy. Shuts down some top players,\u201d head coach Ryan Warsofsky said. \u201cPlays in every situation. Power play, penalty kill, late in the game, up a goal, down a goal, whatever the situation is. He\u2019s a guy that plays those meaningful minutes, that\u2019s probably where we missed him the most.\u201d<\/p>\n And here\u2019s what I wrote about Alex Wennberg<\/a> after the Sharks\u2019 last win, a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Oct. 29:<\/p>\n It\u2019s worth noting that between Oct. 8 and Oct. 19 was among the Sharks\u2019 better 5-on-5 stretches this season. Their raw OZ possession numbers weren\u2019t outstanding, but they weren\u2019t an eyesore either.<\/p>\n It\u2019s no coincidence San Jose\u2019s recent possession time swoon started after center Alex Wennberg went down with an upper-body injury on Oct. 19 at the Toronto Maple Leafs.<\/p>\n Wennberg had gotten off to a slow start this season, but his game was rounding out before he got hurt. And last year, he was second among Sharks forwards in 5-on-5 OZ Possession Time Per Game, trailing only William Eklund. Speaking of killing plays, Wennberg led Sharks forwards with 8.18 5-on-5 Turnovers Forced Per 60, just ahead of Macklin Celebrini, and 10th in the NHL.<\/p>\n San Jose Sharks (7-11-1)<\/p>\n Yaroslav Askarov<\/a> will start.<\/p>\n These are the lines<\/a> from morning skate:<\/p>\n Misa-Celebrini-Smith Nurse-Kesselring This was how they ran the power play:<\/p>\n PP1: Trouba-Celebrini-Stenberg-Smith-Wennberg<\/p>\n PP2: Orlov-Pohlkamp-Misa-Toffoli-Marchment<\/p>\n They also did 6-on-5:<\/p>\n #SJSharks<\/a> worked on 6-on-5 at the end there, looked like Smith-Celebrini-Stenberg-Sherwood-Marchment-Wennberg<\/p>\n \u2014 Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) November 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Chernyshov skated on his own today, still week-to-week<\/p>\n \u2014 Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) November 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n A center that’s been missing a while stepped out on the ice first for #SJSharks<\/a> morning skate.<\/p>\n Joe Thornton, not Alex Wennberg \ud83d\ude06<\/p>\n Bystedt has been sent down, so I guess that’s good news for Wennberg, who is on the ice.<\/p>\n Misa on the ice too<\/p>\n \u2014 Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) November 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n New York Islanders (7-6-3)<\/p>\n
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Orlov-Pohlkamp<\/p>\n