Granlund will participate in pregame warmups Friday before a decision is finalized on whether he’ll play against Seattle in the season’s first meeting between the two teams. The Kraken (11-11-1) have won six of its last nine games and enter Friday two points out of a playoff spot.

Shane Wright scored twice, but the Seattle Kraken surrendered a season-high eight goals in an 8-5 loss to the San Jose Sharks.

Jake Walman scored twice and Macklin Celebrini had a goal and an assist as the San Jose Sharks defeated the visiting Seattle Kraken 8-5 Friday afternoon in the opener of a home-and-home series between the Pacific Division rivals.

Jake Walman had two goals was among the seven players who had two points for the Sharks, who set a new season-high for goals in a game and finished their homestand with a 2-2-0 record. The Sharks scored seven goals earlier this week in a win over the Los Angeles Kings.

Celebrini has four goals in his past three games, and Smith has three straight multipoint games (two goals, five assists) for the Sharks (8-13-5), who are 2-2-1 in their past five. Ethan Cardwell scored his first NHL goal in his fourth game, and Vitek Vanecek made 26 saves.

San Jose Sharks leading scorer Mikael Granlund returns to the lineup against the Seattle Kraken after missing the previous two games with an upper-body injury.