NHL Game Preview: San Jose Sharks at Tampa Bay Lightning with Line Combinations 12/5/2024

Jake Guentzael with the Tampa Bay Lightning
Photo: Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times

San Jose Sharks (10-13-5, 25 Pts) at Tampa Bay Lightning (12-9-2, 26 Pts)
Venue: Amalie Arena
Date: Tonight – Thursday, December 5
Time: 7:00 pm EST

TV: ESPN+, FanDuel Sports Network Sun, NBCS-CA
Radio:
San Jose – 98.5 KFOX
Tampa Bay – 102.5 The Bone

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
San Jose -1.5 ML -122
Tampa Bay +1.5 ML +102
O/U 6.5

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San Jose Sharks News & Notes:

The Sharks have won three straight games after beating the Capitals in Washington 2-1 in overtime on Tuesday. San Jose is ranked ninth in the NHL in penalty killing at 81.5 percent.

Tampa Bay Lightning News & Notes:

The Lightning lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-3 on Saturday. Tampa Bay has the ninth-ranked power play at 23.9 percent.

San Jose Sharks Projected Lines

Eklund-Celebrini-Zetterlund

Kunin-Wennberg-Toffoli

Kostin-Granlund-Smith

Grundstrum-Sturm-Dellandrea

Walman-Ceci

Ferraro-Liljegren

Thrun-Rutta

Blackwood

Vanecek

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Tampa Bay Lightning Projected Lines

Guentzel-Point-Atkinson

Hagel-Cirelli-Paul

Goncalves-Geekie-Chaffee

Girgensons-Glendening-Eyssimont

Hedman-Moser

McDonagh-Cernak

Raddysh-Perbix

Vasilevskiy

Johansson

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Players To Watch:

San Jose Sharks

Mikael Granlund has 10 goals and 19 assists for the Sharks. Macklin Celebrini has scored five goals with six assists over the past 10 games.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Brayden Point has eight goals over the past 10 games. Cam Atkinson scored a goal on Saturday after being moved to a top line spot.

Injury Report:

San Jose Sharks

C Logan Couture – IR – Out indefinitely
D Marc-Edouard Vlasic – Week to week
LW Barclay Goodrow – IR

Tampa Bay Lightning

RW Nikita Kucherov – Day to day
RW Mitchell Chaffee – Day to day

Next Game

San Jose Sharks – December 7 at Florida
Tampa Bay Lightning – December 8 at Vancouver

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