Follow me on Twitter: @BenShelley_20 Follow HockeyBuzz Sharks Twitter: @HB_Sharks The San Jose Sharks have revealed their opening night roster, which can be seen below. FORWARDS (13): Rudolfs Balcers, Alexander Barabanov, Nick Bonino, Andrew Cogliano, Logan Couture, Jonathan Dahlen, William Eklund, Tomas Hertl, Kevin Labanc, Timo Meier, Matt Nieto, Lane Pederson, Jasper Weatherby DEFENSE (7): Brent Burns, Mario Ferraro, Santeri Hatakka, Erik Karlsson, Jake Middleton, Radim Simek, Marc-Edouard Vlasic GOALIES (2): Adin Hill, James Reimer INJURED RESERVE (1): Jeffrey Viel NON-ROSTER (1): Evander Kane In net, we don’t have any surprises. On the back end, five defenders were locks, though Nikolai Knyzhov, who played in all 56 of San Jose's games last year, is injured and was not listed on the roster. According to San Jose Hockey Now’s Sheng Peng, Knyzhov is likely to be placed on injured reserve.
Eklund, Dahlen, Hatakka & Pederson have made #SJSharks opening roster -- Kane is a non-roster player right now -- there's still a forward spot, wonder if Gadjovich fills that -- assume Knyzhov will be put on IR too pic.twitter.com/lxpTAPfHwQ
— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) October 11, 2021