THE ESSENTIALS
Regular season records: Season opener for both teams. Puck drop: 7:40 p.m. Wednesday at T-Mobile Arena. TV: NBCSN. Radio: KUFX 98.5-FM, San Jose; KOMY 1340-AM.
Anticipated lineup
Timo Meier-Logan Couture-Danil Yurtaykin
Lean Bergmann-Tomas Hertl-Lukas Radil
Marcus Sorensen-Joe Thornton-Kevin Labanc
Barclay Goodrow-Dylan Gambrell-Melker Karlsson
Marc-Edouard Vlasic-Brent Burns
Brenden Dillon-Erik Karlsson
Mario Ferraro-Dalton Prout
Martin Jones
Aaron Dell
Scratches: Jonny Brodzinski, Tim Heed. Suspended: Evander Kane.
INJURY UPDATES
Sharks: D Radim Simek (knee) is on injured reserve.