NHL Game Preview: San Jose Sharks at New York Islanders with Line Combinations 1/18/2025

Macklin Celebrini #71 skating for the San Jose Sharks
AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vsquez

San Jose Sharks (14-27-6, 34 pts) at New York Islanders (17-20-7, 41 pts)

Venue: UBS Arena
Date: Saturday, January 18
Time: 4:30 pm PST / 7:30 pm EST

TV: ESPN+ / NBCS / MSGS
Radio:
San Jose Sharks – Sharks Audio Network
New York Islanders – WRHU 88.7 FM / 103.9 FM LI News Radio

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
San Jose Sharks
+1.5 ML +180
New York Islanders -1.5 ML -215
O/U 5.5

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San Jose Sharks News & Notes:

San Jose has lost four of their last five games and is having trouble scoring goals, getting outscored 13-5 in their four losses. The Sharks are 6-13-5 on the road this season and 5-11-1 in games when they commit more penalties than their opponents. Tonight’s game is the first of two meetings between these two clubs.

New York Islanders News & Notes:

The Islanders have lost two straight home games after winning three in a row on the road. The Islanders have struggled at home this season with a 7-11-2. New York has a -20 goal differential on the season, scoring only 115 goals, which is 28th in the NHL.

San Jose Sharks Projected Lines:

Graf-Granlund-Zetterlund
Eklund-Celebrini-Toffoli
Kunin-Wennberg-Smith
Goodrow-Sturm-Dellandrea

Walman-Ceci
Ferraro-Liljegren
Vlasic-Rutta

Georgiev
Askarov

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New York Islanders Projected Lines:

Lee-Horvat-Barzal
Duclair-Nelson-Palmieri
Tsyplakov-Pageau-Cizikis
Engvall-MacLean-Holmstrom

Dobson-George
Pelech-Pulock
Cholowski-Mayfield

Sorokin
Hogberg

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Players To Watch:

San Jose Sharks

Macklin Celebrini has points in three straight games and is tied for second in rookie scoring with Matvei Michkov with 32 points each. Celebrini has done it in nine fewer games than Michkov. The Sharks already are relying on the young center to be one of the main drivers of offense with Celebrini second on the team with 13 goals.

New York Islanders

Anders Lee has been one of the leaders of the Islanders offense for years, and this year is no exception. Lee has four goals in his last five games and leads the team with 20 goals this season. Lee has four consecutive twenty goal seasons and is on pace for the third 30+ goal season of his career.

Injury Report:

San Jose Sharks

G Vitek Vanecek – IR
C Klim Kostin – IR
RW Nikolai Kovalenko – IR
C Logan Couture – LTIR

New York Islanders

RW Simon Holmstrom – Game-Time Decision
D Mike Reilly – IR
G Semyon Varlamov – IR

Next game:

San Jose Sharks – January 20 vs. Boston Bruins
New York Islanders – January 20 vs. Columbus Blue Jackets

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