Both Matt Nieto and Marc-Edouard Vlasic are back in action as the Sharks take on the Kings to open the playoffs. Patrick Marleau is down on the third line with Nieto and Karlsson while Joonas Donskoi skates on the second with Logan Couture and Joel Ward.
Unsurprisingly — but notably — Roman Polak is in the third pairing with Brenden Dillon, not Dylan DeMelo. The fourth line of Nick Spaling, Chris Tierney and Tommy Wingels dashes the dreams of those hoping Micheal Haley would go against the physical Kings.