{"id":517165,"date":"2026-01-15T05:09:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T05:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/517165\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T05:09:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T05:09:13","slug":"sharks-practice-smith-will-not-play-in-dc-celebrini-has-new-winger-other-line-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/517165\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks Practice: Smith Will Not Play in DC, Celebrini Has New Winger, Other Line Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Will Smith will not return against the Washington Capitals.<\/p>\n<p>Smith participated in a full-contact practice on Wednesday, his second in a row.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hello from DC!<\/p>\n<p>Smith skating with Wennberg on this drill.<\/p>\n<p>Mukhamadullin &amp; Desharnais traveled too!<\/p>\n<p>Support my travel here! Thanks! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dwuYlkA1hL\">https:\/\/t.co\/dwuYlkA1hL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M80KoF4Sn0\">pic.twitter.com\/M80KoF4Sn0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sheng_Peng\/status\/2011484826843402256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cStep in the right direction,\u201d San Jose Sharks head coach Ryan Warsofsky said afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>Typically, when a player has been out for as long as Smith has been \u2014 since Dec. 13 with an upper-body injury \u2014 you want to see him get through at least a couple full-contact practices before playing him.<\/p>\n<p>So will Smith be available at the Detroit Red Wings on Friday?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would have to wait and see and check in how today went,\u201d Warsofsky said. \u201cHe\u2019s pretty close.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is how the San Jose Sharks lined up in DC today:<\/p>\n<p>Graf-Celebrini-Chernyshov<br \/>Eklund-Wennberg-Toffoli<br \/>Regenda-Misa-Gaudette<br \/>Goodrow-Ostapchuk-Reaves<\/p>\n<p>Orlov-Klingberg<br \/>Ferraro-Liljegren<br \/>Dickinson-Iorio<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how power play groups looked:<\/p>\n<p>Klingberg-Celebrini-Eklund-Toffoli-Wennberg<br \/>Orlov-Misa-Chernyshov-Gaudette-Regenda<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Skinner is likely out. Like Ryan Reaves last Sunday, this doesn\u2019t appear to be a condemnation of Skinner\u2019s play, it\u2019s more a reflection of the San Jose Sharks\u2019 increasing depth up front, and the recent return of top prospect Michael Misa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMisa\u2019s got to play, you know? We got to see what we got in him. We got to give him some rope to learn and continue to improve his game,\u201d Warsofsky said. \u201cWe [have to] balance, of course, we want to continue to win and push and stay in this [playoff] spot, but we also have to develop some players here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Defensemen Shakir Mukhamadullin (upper-body) and Vincent Desharnais (upper-body), who made the road trip, are questionable for tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Will Smith will not return against the Washington Capitals. 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