SHARKS (0-1-2) at BLACKHAWKS (1-2-1)

8:30 p.m. ET; CHSN, NBCSCA

Sharks projected lineup

William Eklund — Mikael Granlund — Tyler Toffoli

Alexander Wennberg — Klim Kostin — Fabian Zetterlund

Luke Kunin — Will Smith — Barclay Goodrow

Carl Grundstrom — Nico Sturm — Ty Dellandrea

Jake Walman — Cody Ceci

Mario Ferraro — Jan Rutta

Henry Thrun — Matt Benning

Vitek Vanecek

Mackenzie Blackwood

Scratched: Danil Gushchin, Givani Smith, Jack Thompson

Injured: Macklin Celebrini (lower body) Shakir Mukhamadullin (lower body), Thomas Bordeleau (lower body), Logan Couture (lower body), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (upper body)

Blackhawks projected lineup

Nick Foligno — Connor Bedard — Teuvo Teravainen

Taylor Hall — Philipp Kurashev — Tyler Bertuzzi

Ilya Mikheyev — Jason Dickinson — Joey Anderson

Patrick Maroon — Lukas Reichel — Craig Smith

Alex Vlasic — Seth Jones

Wyatt Kaiser — T.J. Brodie

Nolan Allan — Connor Murphy

Petr Mrazek

Arvid Soderblom

Scratched: Ryan Donato, Andreas Athanasiou

Injured: Alec Martinez (lower body)

Status report

The Sharks held an optional morning skate Thursday. … Eklund will be a game-time decision because of an upper-body injury; he did not practice on Wednesday but took part in the morning skate. If he cannot play, Gushchin, a forward, will enter the lineup. … Vanecek will start in goal after Blackwood made 36 saves in a 3-2 shootout loss at the Dallas Stars on Tuesday … Celebrini is eligible to come off the injured list when San Jose plays at the Winnipeg Jets, but the center will not play and remains week to week; is is not traveling with the Sharks on their three-game road trip … Reichel will play for the first time this season after being a healthy scratch the first four games.