Projected lineups for Sharks, Avalanche

DENVER -- Here are the projected lineups for Sunday night's game between the San Jose Sharks and Colorado Avalanche at the Pepsi Center.

SHARKS

Logan Couture – Joe Thornton – Tommy Wingels

Tim Kennedy – Patrick Marleau – Joe Pavelski

Ryane Clowe – Scott Gomez – James Sheppard/TJ Galiardi

Andrew Desjardins – Michal Handzus – Adam Burish

Matt Irwin – Dan Boyle

Brad Stuart – Marc-Edouard Vlasic

Douglas Murray – Justin Braun

Antti Niemi

Alex Stalock

Scratched: Jason Demers, Matt Pelech, TJ Galiardi or James Sheppard

Injured: Brent Burns (lower body), Thomas Greiss (neck), Martin Havlat (upper body)

AVALANCHE

Jamie McGinn – Matt Duchene – PA Parenteau

Gabriel Landeskog – Paul Stastny – David Jones

John Mitchell -- Ryan O'Reilly – Aaron Palushaj

Cody McLeod – Chuck Kobasew -- Patrick Bordeleau

Greg Zanon – Erik Johnson

Matt Hunwick – Ryan O'Byrne

Jan Hejda – Ryan Wilson

Semyon Varlamov

Jean-Sebastien Giguere

Scratched: Tyson Barrie, Shane O'Brien, Mark Olver

Injured: Steve Downie (knee), Milan Hejduk (torso)

Wilson is expected to return to the Avalanche lineup against the Sharks after being activated from injured reserve. He has missed 15 games since injuring his ankle Feb. 2 against Edmonton. Wilson has three assists and a plus-6 plus/minus rating in eight games this season. Hejduk, who has missed three games with a torso injury, was placed on IR to make room for Wilson.