NHL Game Preview: Seattle Kraken at San Jose Sharks with Line Combinations 4/5/2025

Seattle Kraken (32-38-6, 70 pts) at San Jose Sharks (20-45-10, 50 pts)

Venue: SAP Center
Date: Saturday, April 5
Time: 10:00 ET
TV: ESPN+/KHN/KONG/NBCSCA
Radio:
Seattle – Sportsnet 96.0
San Jose – Sharks Audio Network

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Seattle: -1.5 ML -186
San Jose: +1.5 ML +150
O/U 5.5

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Seattle Kraken News & Notes: 

The Kraken picked up a 5-0 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday. They are 4-4-2 in their last ten games, averaging 2.7 goals per game while allowing 2.9 goals per game. They have six games left in their season, including tonight.

San Jose Sharks News & Notes:

The Sharks suffered their fourth straight loss on Thursday with a 3-2 loss to the Edmonton Oilers. They dropped to 3-6-1 in their last ten games, averaging 2.4 goals per game while allowing four goals per game. They have seven games left in their season, including this game.

Seattle Kraken Projected Lines:

Nyman-Beniers-Kakko
Winterton-Stephenson-Eberle
McCann-Wright-Burakovsky
Kartye-Hayden-Eyssimont

Dunn-Larsson
Evans-Montour
Oleksiak-Fleury

Daccord
Grubauer

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San Jose Sharks Projected Lines:

Toffoli-Celebrini-Smith
Eklund-Wennberg-Lund
Grundstrom-Dellandrea-Graf
Goodrow-Ostapchuk-Gregor

Ferraro-Liljegren
Carlsson-Thompson
Thrun-Vlasic

Romanov
Carriere

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Players To Watch:

Seattle Kraken

Chandler Stephenson this season has 49 points on 12 goals and 37 assists. He faced the Sharks 22 times in his career, recording 20 points on seven goals and 13 assists; in two games against them this season, he’s recorded six points on two goals and four assists.

San Jose Sharks

Macklin Celebrini this season has 54 points on 21 goals and 33 assists. He’s faced the Kraken three times this season, recording a goal and three assists.

Injury Report:

Seattle Kraken

F Jaden Schwartz – DTD
F Eeli Tovanen – DTD

San Jose Sharks

G Alexandar Georgiev – DTD
D Vincent Deharnais – DTD
C Logan Couture – LTIR
D Shakir Mukhamadullin – DTD
D Jan Rutta – IR

Next Game:

Seattle – April 7 at Los Angeles Kings
San Jose – April 7 vs. Calgary Flames

ITR 47: Then There Was Nothing – Inside The Rink

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1. ITR 47: Then There Was Nothing 32:56
2. ITR 46: Offseason Chaos 24:53
3. ITR 45: Everything Is Happening 37:46
4. ITR 44: We Have A Champion…Again 56:17
5. ITR 43: It's Winning Time 39:10