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San Jose Sharks News
Thornton (suspension) will be back in the Sharks lineup for Game 5.

Thornton was suspended for Game 4 but will replace Lukas Radil in the lineup for Game 5, and will skate with Marcus Sorensen and Kevin Labanc. Thornton has a point in each game, scoring one goal on eight shots with two assists through three games in the series.

Joe Thornton
Nutivaara (upper-body) will not play in Game 3.

Nutivaara absorbed a big hit from Nikita Kucherov towards the end of Game 2 (Kucherov was suspended one-game for the hit) and it will cost Nutivaara at least one game as well. Nutivaara was on the ice for warmups but was a late scratch, which suggests that he won't be out long term. Adam Clendening will replace him on the blueline.

Markus Nutivaara
Georgiev will start against the Blue Jackets on Friday.

Georgiev stopped all 29 shots that he faced in the rangers shutout win in Philadelphia on Sunday. Henrik Lundqvist has started the last two games but Georgiev will get a chance to play spoiler tonight vs. a Blue Jackets team that is still fighting for their playoff lives. The 23-year-old is 1-1-0 while allowing 11 goals on 78 shots (.859 SV%) in two games vs. Columbus this season.

Alexandar Georgiev