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.

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.

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.