Avalanche at Sharks

AVALANCHE (11-6-1) at SHARKS (7-9-2)

Avalanche projected lineup
Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Brandon Saad -- Nazem Kadri -- Joonas Donskoi
Andre Burakovsky -- J.T. Compher -- Valeri Nichushkin
Tyson Jost -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Logan O'Connor
Devon Toews -- Samuel Girard
Ryan Graves -- Dan Renouf
Bowen Byram -- Jacob MacDonald
Philipp Grubauer
Hunter Miska
Scratched: None
Injured: Matt Calvert (upper body), Pavel Francouz (lower body), Dennis Gilbert (facial surgery), Erik Johnson (upper body), Cale Makar (upper body)
Sharks projected lineup
Evander Kane -- Logan Couture -- Kevin Labanc
Rudolfs Balcers -- Dylan Gambrell -- Timo Meier
John Leonard -- Patrick Marleau -- Ryan Donato
Marcus Sorensen --
Alexander True
-- Matt Nieto
Mario Ferraro -- Brent Burns
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Erik Karlsson
Nikolai Knyzhov -- Radim Simek
Martin Jones
Devan Dubnyk
Scratched: Alexander Chmelevski, Noah Gregor, Stefan Noesen
Injured: None
COVID-19 protocol: Tomas Hertl
Status report
Makar, a defenseman, returned to Denver for treatment. Avalanche coach Jared Bednar didn't have an update on his status. … The Sharks recalled True and Noesen, a forward, from San Jose of the American Hockey League.