Game Thread: Seattle Kraken (37-23-7) at San Jose Sharks (19-36-13) – 16 Mar 2023 – 07:30PM PDT

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1. HockeyMod 2 years ago

   ###Projected Lineups

   ||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[](/r/sanjosesharks)|Andreas Johnsson|Tomas Hertl|Alexander Barabanov|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Jared McCann|Matthew Beniers|Jordan Eberle|
   |[](/r/sanjosesharks)|William Eklund|Logan Couture|Kevin Labanc|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Jaden Schwartz|Alexander Wennberg|Daniel Sprong|
   |[](/r/sanjosesharks)|Noah Gregor|Nico Sturm|Evgeny Svechnikov|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Eeli Tolvanen|Yanni Gourde|Oliver Bjorkstrand|
   |[](/r/sanjosesharks)|Oskar Lindblom|Steven Lorentz|Fabian Zetterlund|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Brandon Tanev|Morgan Geekie|Ryan Donato|

   ||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[](/r/sanjosesharks)|Derrick Pouliot|Erik Karlsson|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Vince Dunn|Adam Larsson|
   |[](/r/sanjosesharks)|Marc-Edouard Vlasic|Nikolai Knyzhov|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Jamie Oleksiak|William Borgen|
   |[](/r/sanjosesharks)|Mario Ferraro|Matt Benning|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Jaycob Megna|Justin Schultz|

   ||Goalies||Goalies|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[](/r/sanjosesharks)|James Reimer|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Philipp Grubauer|
   |[](/r/sanjosesharks)|Kaapo Kahkonen|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Martin Jones|

   ###Injuries

   ||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Jacob MacDonald|06 Mar 2023|Upper Body|DTD|MacDonald (upper body) joined the San Jose Sharks at the end of Monday’s practice but it’s believed his timeline remains week-to-week, Curtis Pashelka of The San Jose Mercury News reports.|unknown|
   |[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Radim Simek|04 Mar 2023|Concussion|OUT|Simek is considered week-to-week because of a reoccurring situation related to the two concussions he suffered this season, Corey Masisak of The Athletic reports.|20 Mar 2023|
   |[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Jonah Gadjovich||Upper Body|IR||unknown|
   |[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Luke Kunin||Knee|IR|Surgery|15 Sep 2023|
   |[SJS](/r/sanjosesharks)|Markus Nutivaara||Lower Body|IR-LT|Not Specified|01 Apr 2023|
   |–|–|–|–|–|
   |[SEA](/r/seattlekraken)|Andrew Poturalski||Lower Body|OUT|Surgery|15 Jul 2023|
   |[SEA](/r/seattlekraken)|Joonas Donskoi||Concussion|IR|Not Specified|15 Jul 2023|
   |[SEA](/r/seattlekraken)|Andre Burakovsky||Lower Body|IR||unknown|

   ###Team Stats

   |Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|G/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|S/G|SA/G|FO%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[Sharks](/r/sanjosesharks)|68|19|36|13|51|37.5|2.89705|3.77941|18.3|82.6|29.91176|31.58823|50.6|
   |[Kraken](/r/seattlekraken)|67|37|23|7|81|60.4|3.49253|3.1791|20.0|74.2|30.14925|27.71641|45.2|

   ###Team Leaders

   |Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |G|[](/r/sanjosesharks)|Timo Meier|31|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Jared McCann|33|
   |A|[](/r/sanjosesharks)|Erik Karlsson|65|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Vince Dunn|43|
   |P|[](/r/sanjosesharks)|Erik Karlsson|85|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Vince Dunn|55|
   |+/-|[](/r/sanjosesharks)|Jaycob Megna|6|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Adam Larsson|23|
   |PIM|[](/r/sanjosesharks)|Jonah Gadjovich|57|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Jamie Oleksiak|59|
   |TOI|[](/r/sanjosesharks)|Erik Karlsson|25:41|[](/r/seattlekraken)|Adam Larsson|23:53|

   ### Goalie Breakdown

   ||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[](/r/sanjosesharks)|James Reimer|34|33|10|17|6|2|3.29|0.89398|
   |[](/r/sanjosesharks)|Kaapo Kahkonen|31|31|8|16|6|1|3.88|0.87856|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[](/r/seattlekraken)|Martin Jones|42|38|24|11|3|3|3.03|0.88878|
   |[](/r/seattlekraken)|Philipp Grubauer|30|28|12|12|4|0|3.03|0.89167|

2. seataccrunch 2 years ago

   Must win game

3. btimc 2 years ago

   The Kraken can’t blow another one in San Jose.

   In MLB terms they are only 2 games ahead of Nashville and 1 1/2 up on Winnipeg.

   I’m confused by the narrative that they have a playoff spot locked up already?

   I’m hoping Matty can get back to form. Not sure what’s been up with him over the last couple weeks. He may have been the worst player on the ice last game against Dallas. He looks lost out there and I think he lost every puck battle he was in.

4. 2ScruffyNerfherder 2 years ago

   Let’s get those two points today!

5. dirtmerchant 2 years ago

   I love how Jaycob Megna is apparently still leading the Sharks in plus-minus. Let’s get it!

6. shutupandpractice 2 years ago

   I’m taking my 9 year old for some much needed father and son time away from the girls in the family. He’s just excited as me to see a kraken game.

   LETS GO KRAKEN!

7. DG_BeardGains 2 years ago

   It’s crazy always hearing the team say “We all know we are in an important stretch, we need to play better and play a full game” then every game they start flat. Really hoping they addressed some of this and start coming out ready and aggressive in the first.

   Between our last loss to the sharks, oilers Saturday, stars again and Nashville back to back I am admittedly growing more concerned about them sliding further I’d we don’t play a full 60

8. RyNoDaHeaux 2 years ago

   Son of a bitch. 930 game here 😂😂

9. Nice-Ad-8199 2 years ago

   GAME DAY BABY!! LFG!! GO KRAKEN!! TIME FOR SHARK FIN SOUP FOR DINNER!!

10. steppewarhawk 2 years ago

    This better go a lot better than the last meeting.

11. subtractvoid 2 years ago

    This might sound a bit redundant, but this is a must win.