The Sharks have just three regular-season games left to get everyone healthy and ready for playoffs.
On Tuesday, the Sharks will get their captain back in the lineup.
Injured Sharks Joe Pavelski, Erik Karlsson, Melker Karlsson, and Lukas Radil all took part in Team Teal’s morning skate in Vancouver on Tuesday, but No, 8 is the only skater who will suit up for the season series finale against the Canucks. The other three will remain out of the lineup.
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SIGN UP HERE The team announced Pavelski's return to the lineup via Twitter.
Pavelski has missed the Sharks’ last seven games with a lower-body injury he sustained in San Jose’s contest with the Nashville Predators on March 16. He has practiced with the team since that time but has yet to return to the lineup. Both Pavelski and Sharks head coach Peter DeBoer have expressed over the last three weeks that the forward could have returned to the lineup earlier, but chose to keep him out longer in order to ensure he was 100 percent when he returns to the ice.
As for Erik Karlsson, the Norris Trophy-winning defenseman told the media Tuesday he isn’t sure if he’ll play in any of the Sharks' last three games of the season, but is confident he will be ready to go for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Karlsson has been on the ice for Sharks’ morning skates as of late, but he has yet to participate in line rushes or team drills.
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Melker Karlsson and Lukas Radil will both miss their second straight game with respective lower-body injuries.
In other lineup news, defenseman Jacob Middleton is expected to skate alongside Brent Burns for Tuesday’s game in Vancouver. He will be replacing Joakim Ryan, who has mostly skated with Burns since coming back into the lineup following Radim Simek’s knee injury. Middleton has played one game for the Sharks so far this season and hasn’t tallied any points yet.
