SAN JOSE – Rookie defenseman Sam Dickinson already knew he was going to make his NHL debut within the San Jose Sharks’ sport towards the Anaheim Geese. However it nonetheless felt good to reach on the crew’s follow facility on Saturday morning and see his title listed within the lineup.
“It kind of only kicked in when I looked over at the board and saw that my name was there for the roster playing,” the 19-year-old Dickinson, who was taken eleventh total by the Sharks finally yr’s NHL Draft, stated Saturday morning. “It’s pretty cool to see that, and then obviously everybody around the rink today has been extremely happy for me.”
As Dickinson makes his Sharks debut, one other one of many crew’s prime prospects, Michael Misa, could not want to attend for much longer to play his first NHL sport.
Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky stated this week that Misa, 18, shall be within the lineup quickly. San Jose hosts the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday, travels to play the Mammoth in Utah on Friday, and hosts the Pittsburgh Penguins the subsequent night time.
When Misa, drafted second total by the Sharks in June, does enter the lineup, it’s a query of who comes out.
For the second straight sport Saturday, the Sharks’ 4 facilities had been Macklin Celebrini, Alexander Wennberg, Ty Dellandrea, and Adam Gaudette. Assuming everybody stays wholesome, a doable choice for Warsofsky sooner or later can be for Misa to play because the Sharks’ third line heart, transfer Dellandrea to the fourth line, and scratch Ryan Reaves.
Dellandrea, although, has earned rave critiques from Warsofsky for his play thus far, and his line with wingers Jeff Skinner and Collin Graf generated a objective and 6 photographs on internet within the Sharks’ 4-3 extra time loss to the Golden Knights.
“He completely understands, and we’re on the same page,” Warsofsky stated Saturday of Misa, who performed heart all through coaching camp and the preseason. “We’ve talked quite a bit, and he’s going to get in there, trust me.”
Dickinson was paired with veteran Dmitry Orlov initially of Saturday’s sport, as he turned the twelfth participant from his 2024 draft class to play within the NHL. Ahead Beckett Sennecke, who was drafted third total by the Geese in 2024 and is a childhood pal of Dickinson, debuted for Anaheim on Thursday and scored his first NHL objective in a 3-1 loss to the Seattle Kraken.
“Just play simple, get into the game right away,” Dickinson stated of his mindset going into his debut. “Not going end-to-end the first shift, that’s for sure. But just get out there, get comfortable, make some hard passes, make contact, get my feet moving, and then kind of just build from there.”
MUKHAMADULLIN SITS
Defenseman Shakir Mukhamadullin had two assists in Thursday’s loss, making him the Sharks’ main scorer earlier than Saturday’s sport. Nonetheless, he took two penalties, together with one within the second interval that led to a Pavel Dorofeyev energy play objective, and had lower than 13 minutes of ice time with solely 5 shifts within the third interval because the Sharks had been making an attempt to guard a one-goal lead.
Warsofsky stated Mukhamadullin must work on his “puck battles, going back for pucks, getting first touch on pucks. When he’s skating, he’s very effective. So, start the game on time. He’s going to be a good player. Early in the season, we want to get some guys in there. I thought the other pairs were pretty good, fast team, so like our top four there.”
The Sharks stored their different protection pairs intact Saturday, as John Klingberg remained with Nick Leddy and Mario Ferraro performed with Timothy Liljegren.
INJURY UPDATES
Defensemen Jack Thompson and Lucas Carlsson, who started the season on the injured non-roster listing, each skated Saturday morning and are nearing full well being, Warsofsky stated. When they’re wholesome once more, they may very well be positioned on waivers, with NHL groups getting 24 hours to say them. If they’re positioned on waivers and so they do clear, they’d be assigned to the Barracuda.
Ahead Egor Afanasyev, additionally on the injured non-roster listing, has been unwell in latest days however skated early Saturday morning. He, too, would want to go on waivers if the Sharks wished to ship him to the AHL.
Initially Revealed: October 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM PDT
