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.

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.

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.

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.

Friday (Nov. 29) was Black Friday in the United States. If one happened to love hockey, be in San Jose, and went to the SAP Center to see the host Sharks play the Seattle Kraken, they got a heck of a deal on action and goals.

Klim Kostin recorded a Gordie Howe hat trick with a goal, assist and a fight, and the San Jose Sharks beat the Seattle Kraken 8-5 on Friday. Jake Walman scored twice for the Sharks, and Macklin Celebrini,