The San Jose Sharks made several changes to their lines and power play units during the morning skate. Logan Couture, who has been recovering from an injury, participated in the morning skate and is expected to play. Luke Kunin, however, will not play in the upcoming game. Couture spoke about his recovery, admitting to facing mental health challenges during his injury. The team's lineup for the game against the Philadelphia Flyers was also confirmed, with Kunin back in the lineup.
ABB skating on a line with Point and Kucherov. Paul with Chaffee and Motte. Hagel with Stamkos and Cirelli. Jeannot with Glendening and Eyssimont.
#SJSharks lines tonight, looks like Kunin talked his way into the line-up: Eklund-Hertl-Barabanov Duclair-Granlund-Zetterlund Hoffman-Sturm-Bailey Labanc-Zadina-Kunin Ferraro-Burroughs Okhotiuk-Rutta Thrun-Addison Blackwood
#SJSharks lines, d-pairs. Looks like Kunin is in Eklund-Hertl-Barabanov Duclair-Granlund-Zetterlund Hoffman-Sturm-Bailey Kunin-Zadina-Labanc Ferraro-Burroughs Okhotiuk-Rutta Thrun-Addison Blackwood
#TBLightning starters Paul-Cirelli-Eyssimont de Haan-Raddysh Vasilevskiy #GoBolts scratches: Myers, Watson, Hedman (upper body, day to day) Vancouver starters Dakota-Blueger-Garland Hronek-Hughes Demko https://t.co/TCCtjW5Jgj
Luke Kunin is on the ice for warmups for the #SJSharks. Will need to wait for line rushes to confirm that he is playing
#GoBolts 12/12 lineup at Vancouver w/ Stamkos and without Hedman. Also, Mitchell Chaffee makes his #TBLightning debut: Hagel-Point-Kucherov Paul-Cirelli-Eyssimont ABB-Stamkos-Chaffee Jeannot-Glendening-Motte Sergachev-Cernak de Haan-Raddysh Fleury-Perbix Vasilevskiy
New-look Blackhawks in warmups, with two top D out: Donato-Bedard-Kurashev Beauvillier-T. Johnson-Raddysh Foligno-Dickinson-Anderson Reichel-Guttman-Entwistle Vlasic-Crevier Phillips-Murphy Roos-Zaitsev Mrázek Söderblom
Blackhawks lines in warmups vs. Oilers are all switched up: Donato-Bedard-Kurashev Beauviller-TJohnson-Raddysh Foligno-Dickinson-Anderson Reichel-Guttman-Entwistle Vlasic-Crevier Phillips-Murphy Roos-Zaitsev Mrazek
Lines and pairs: Barbashev-Eichel-Stone Howden-Stephenson-Marchessault Cotter-Karlsson-Amadio Carrier-Roy-Kolesar McNabb-Pietrangelo Hague-Whitecloud Hutton-Pachal Thompson
Andrei Vasilevskiy gets the start in goal tonight as he leads the #Bolts onto the ice for pregame warm-ups at Rogers Arena. Victor Hedman is out. Stamkos, Chaffee and Fleury are in. Watson and Myers scratched.
It's already out there, I'm sure, but Luke Kunin has been activated off injured reserve and Matt Benning has been placed on IR. David Quinn said this morning that Kunin would not play against WPG, and noted over the weekend that Benning is considered week to week. #SJSharks
Flyers lines and pairs in pregame skate: Foerster-Couturier-Konecny Tippett-Frost-Brink Farabee-Laughton-Atkinson Deslauriers-Poehling-Hathaway York-Sanheim Seeler-Walker Zamula-Ristolainen Ersson
Logan Couture spoke to us for the first time today since Sept. Here's the FULL interview, including the dark place mentally his injury put him in, thoughts on #SJSharks early struggles, how impressed he's been by Hertl/Ferraro/Granlund/Zetterlund: https://t.co/vkRLwcZVSe
#SJSharks' Couture on mental health challenges he's faced during his recovery from an injury: 'There are some crazy thoughts' https://t.co/8ffkYmUAwO
"I'm at the point now where I'm back on the ice skating," #SJSharks captain Logan Couture said today. He spoke to reporters for the first time in nearly 2 months today. Read what he had to say on @TheHockeyNews. ⤵️ https://t.co/t4yo8yZLfQ https://t.co/t4yo8yZLfQ
Couture was really down at times recently: "Didn't know if I was ever gonna play in the NHL again." Admits that was just depression from lower-body injury that wouldn't heal. Doctors were telling him he would be back. Says body finally responding, considers himself week-to-week
Logan Couture just finished speaking with local reporters. Says he is feeling better every day, but still no timeline for a return. Day to day. Admitted that there was a time in October, after he had a setback, when he wasn't sure if would be able to play again. Story to come.
Couture said he wasn’t sure if he was going to be able to play in the NHL again. Credits a lot to the training staff helping him through his injury both physically and mentally. #SJSharks
Couture on the ice after morning skate with Carpenter and Lindblom https://t.co/0HqiUogYVu
Logan Couture skating is a good sight. #SJSharks https://t.co/lKcN86meqg
Kunin won’t play tonight, but it looks like he’ll be ready for the weekend. Quinn said this is the best Couture has felt, physically and mentally, in a long time. #SJSharks
Luke Kunin tried to convince Quinn to play but no dice. He will not play tonight. #SJSharks
Logan Couture and Ryan Carpenter both hopped on the ice at the end of the #SJSharks morning skate. Anthony Duclair and William Eklund were both on the ice for the skate, so it appears they'll play tonight.
They've broken out the Winter Classic pants, helmets, and gloves for morning skate. https://t.co/iYXSl1NDpz
Logan Couture steps on the ice after the official part of the #SJSharks morning skate is over.
A couple of changes for #SJSharks PP lines at morning skate: PP1: Granlund-Eklund-Hertl-Zetterlund-Duclair PP2: Addison-Zadina-Hoffman-Barabanov-Labanc
#SJSharks lines at morning skate, both Eklund and Duclair participating: Eklund-Hertl-Barabanov Duclair-Granlund-Zetterlund Bailey-Sturm-Hoffman MacDonald-Zadina-Labanc
Lines at #SJSharks morning skate: Eklund-Hertl-Barabanov Zetterlund-Granlund-Duclair Bailey-Sturm-Hoffman Labanc-Zadina-MacDonald Defense was pretty mixed up