Projected Lineup: Avalanche vs. Sharks (Jan. 28, 2021)

The Colorado Avalanche looks to build on it 7-3 victory against the San Jose Sharks from Tuesday night when the two teams meet again at Ball Arena this evening to close out their two-game series.
Colorado has won two in a row and has outscored its opponents 15-3 in its last two home games. Dating back to last season, the Avs have won three consecutive outings against the Sharks, the first time the team has accomplished that feat since winning seven straight from Jan. 19, 2002 to Nov. 11, 2003.

Goaltender Philipp Grubauer will make his fourth straight start in net for the Avalanche after making 27 saves in Tuesday's victory.
Avs head coach Jared Bednar said following today's optional morning skate that the team will use the "exact same" lineup as it did in the first contest against the Sharks.
The Avalanche made a roster swap on Wednesday involving its Taxi Squad, recalling Logan O'Connor from the American Hockey League's Colorado Eagles while reassigning Martin Kaut. The Eagles opened their 2020-21 training camp on Monday.
Below is the Avalanche's projected lineup for the series finale versus the San Jose. All forward combinations and defensive pairings are subject to change.
Forwards
92 Gabriel Landeskog - 29 Nathan MacKinnon - 96 Mikko Rantanen
20 Brandon Saad - 91 Nazem Kadri - 95 Andre Burakovsky
13 Valeri Nichushkin - 37 J.T. Compher - 72 Joonas Donskoi
17 Tyson Jost - 41 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare - 44 Kiefer Sherwood
Defensemen
7 Devon Toews - 8 Cale Makar
49 Samuel Girard - 4 Bowen Byram
27 Ryan Graves - 6 Erik Johnson
Goaltenders
31 Philipp Grubauer (starter)
32 Hunter Miska (backup)
Injury Report: Matt Calvert (upper body), Pavel Francouz (lower body)
Taxi Squad: Logan O'Connor, Greg Pateryn, Conor Timmins, Adam Werner