Couture suffered an upper-body injury in Edmonton on Thursday and will not play on Saturday. All X-rays came back negative, so the Sharks anticipate that he could practice on Monday and play Wednesday.
Wennberg has missed the last two games with an undisclosed injury but is set to play Saturday vs. the Red Wings. Wennberg has picked up seven goals and 19 assists (26 points) in 60 games this season.
Liljegren has played in seven straight games, picking up six assists in that span, but will come out of the lineup on Saturday. Travis Dermott will be back in to replace him.
Not only does it look like Thornton will be back in the lineup, it looks like he'll play on the top line with Aleksander Barkov and Carter Verhaeghe. Thornton has just four goals and two assists (six points) in 24 games this season but will be amped up to face his former team in San Jose.
Wennberg will miss Saturday's game against the Montreal Canadiens due to an upper-body injury. With Joonas Donskoi going on IR, Kole Lind was recalled from the AHL and will likely take Wennberg's spot in the lineup.
With Josh Norris returning to the lineup, Gaudette will come out of the lineup vs. the Panthers. Gaudette has picked up 11 points (4G / 7A) in 24 games since being acquired by the Senators.
Desharnais was drafted in the seventh-round in 2016 and is in his third season with Bakersfield (AHL). The 25-year-old defenseman has scored five goals with 13 assists (18 points) in 43 AHL games this season.
The Sharks announced on Sunday that Ferraro had surgery to repair a left fibula fracture and is expected to miss 6-to-8 weeks. In a corresponding move, the Sharks recalled Santeri Hatakka from San Jose (AHL).
