SAN JOSE – Joonas Donskoi and Ben Smith will return to the Sharks’ lineup on Wednesday, as San Jose gets set to host one of the best teams in the NHL through the first two-and-a-half weeks of the season in the Nashville Predators.
Donskoi blocked a shot against Anaheim on Oct. 10, played the next game in Washington, but has been out for the last five. He’ll return to his place on left of the Joe Thornton-Joe Pavelski line.
“He plays a smart game. He plays hard, defends well, all of those types of things,” Pavelski said.