NHL Game Preview: Carolina Hurricanes at San Jose Sharks with Line Combinations 3/20/2025

NHL Game Preview: Carolina Hurricanes at San Jose Sharks with Line Combinations 3/20/2025

Carolina Hurricanes (41-22-4, 86 pts) at San Jose Sharks (18-41-9, 45 pts)

Venue: SAP Center
Date: Thursday, March 20
Time: 10:30 ET
TV: ESPN+/FDSS/NBCSCA
Radio:
Carolina – The Fan 99.9 FM
San Jose – Sharks Audio Network

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Carolina: -1.5 ML -340
San Jose: +1.5 ML +270
O/U 5.5

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Carolina Hurricanes News & Notes: 

The Hurricanes are on a seven-game winning streak most recently picking up a 5-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday. They are now 7-1-0 in March averaging 3.1 goals per game while allowing 1.5 goals per game. Seth Jarvis is on a five-game point streak recording three goals and two assists. Taylor Hall also is on a three-game point streak recording two goals and two assists in that span.

San Jose Sharks News & Notes:

The Sharks suffered a 5-1 loss to the Washington Capitals on Saturday. They now have dropped to 3-5-0 in March and are averaging three goals per game while allowing 3.8 goals per game. Macklin Celebrini is averaging a point per game in March as he’s scored three goals and added five assists. Georgii Romanov will also make his first career NHL start. He played Saturday against Washington giving up two goals on 11 shots.

Carolina Hurricanes Projected Lines:

Blake-Aho-Jarvis
Hall-Kotkaniemi-Roslovic
Martinook-Staal-Stankoven
Robinson-Jankowski-Jost

Slavin-Burns
Orlov Gostisbehere-Morrow
Walker-Chatfield

Andersen
Kochetkov

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San Jose Sharks Projected Lines:

Eklund-Celebrini-Toffoli
Graf-Wennberg-Smith
Kovalenko-Ostapchuk-Goodrow
Gregor-Giles-Dellandrea

Ferraro-Mukhamadullin
Vlasic-Liljegren
Schuldt-Desharnais

Romanov
Georgiev

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Players To Watch:

Carolina

Sebastian Aho this season has 64 points on 25 goals and 39 assists. He’s faced the Sharks four times in his career recording a goal and an assist; the goal came in the lone matchup this season.

San Jose

Macklin Celebrini this season has 50 points on 21 goals and 29 assists. He’s faced the Hurricanes once which came this season and he recorded an assist.

Injury Report:

Carolina Hurricanes

LW William Carrier – OUT 
RW Jesper Fast – LTIR 
D Dmitry Orlov – OUT 
RW Andrei Svechnikov – DTD

San Jose Sharks

D Henry Thrun – Out
C Logan Couture – LTIR
D Jan Rutta – IR

Next Game:

Carolina – March 22 at Los Angeles Kings
San Jose – March 22 vs. Boston Bruins

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