Patrick Williams: Wild lines last night: Niederreiter-Coyle-Heatley Fontaine-Granlund-Haula Foucault-Konopka-McMillan Mitchell-Brodziak-Veilleux. Defensive pairings: Stoner-Dumba Blum-Prosser Kampfer-Medvec.
David Pollak of the San Jose Mercury News: Top two Sharks lines: Tomas Hertl with Jose Thornton and Brent Burns, Tyler Kennedy with Logan Couture and Patrick Marleau. Top power-play line: Marleau-Thornton-Couture with Boyle and Pavelski. Second power-play unit: Torres-Kennedy-Burns with Jason Demers or Justin Braun with Matt Irwin.