San Jose Sharks players Mikael Granlund, Cody Ceci, Alexander Wennberg, and Nico Sturm did not participate in practice on Friday. Per head coach Ryan Warsofsky, Granlund, Ceci, and Wennberg should be available to play against the New Jersey Devils tomorrow night.

From a positional and organizational standpoint, it would be easy to see Ceci fitting in with the Sharks long-term. The other right-shot defensemen on San Jose’s roster are Jan Rutta, another pending UFA, and Timothy Liljegren, who is signed through next season but has mainly been used in a middle-pair role.

Another possibility for the Sharks is re-signing Ceci, and the veteran defenseman ... One solution would be to place center Nico Sturm on IR. Sturm was injured in last Thursday’s game against ...

Cody Ceci scored with 25 seconds left to lift the San Jose Sharks to a 3-2 win against the visiting New Jersey Devils on Saturday afternoon.

Walman leads all Sharks defensemen with 25 points in 31 games. The Sharks were in an offensive malaise for most of December, averaging 2.08 goals in 13 games, second-fewest in the NHL, and without Walman, have scored just nine goals, including seven at even strength.