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 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.

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.