SHARKS (0-6-2) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (5-2-1)

10 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, NBCSCA

Sharks projected lineup

William Eklund — Mikael Granlund — Tyler Toffoli

Fabian Zetterlund — Alex Wennberg — Danil Gushchin

Luke Kunin — Will Smith — Barclay Goodrow

Ty Dellandrea — Nico Sturm — Givani Smith

Jake Walman — Cody Ceci

Mario Ferraro — Jan Rutta

Henry Thrun — Jack Thompson

Vitek Vanecek

Mackenzie Blackwood

Scratched: Matt Benning, Carl Grundstrom, Klim Kostin

Injured: Macklin Celebrini (lower body), Logan Couture (lower body), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (upper back)

Golden Knights projected lineup

Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Mark Stone

Brett Howden — Tomas Hertl – Pavel Dorofeyev

Tanner Pearson — William Karlsson — Alexander Holtz

Brendan Brisson — Nicolas Roy — Keegan Kolesar

Noah Hanifin — Alex Pietrangelo

Brayden McNabb — Shea Theodore

Kaedan Korczak — Zach Whitecloud

Ilya Samsonov

Adin Hill

Scratched: Ben Hutton, Cole Schwindt

Injured: Nicolas Hague (lower body), Victor Olofsson (lower body)

Status report

Smith, a forward, will return after being a healthy scratch for a 3-2 loss at the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday. … Kostin, a center, will be a healthy scratch. … Karlsson, a forward, will make his season debut after missing the first eight games with an undisclosed injury. … Schwindt, a forward, will come out of the lineup. … Hague, a defenseman, will not play after being injured in a 6-4 win against the Ottawa Senators on Friday; he will be replaced in the lineup by Korczak.