Avalanche at Sharks

AVALANCHE (11-7-1) at SHARKS (8-9-2)

Avalanche projected lineup
Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Brandon Saad -- Nazem Kadri -- Joonas Donskoi
Valeri Nichushkin -- J.T. Compher -- Andre Burakovsky
Tyson Jost -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Logan O'Connor
Devon Toews -- Jacob MacDonald
Ryan Graves -- Samuel Girard
Dan Renouf -- Conor Timmins
Philipp Grubauer
Hunter Miska
Scratched:None
Injured:Bowen Byram (upper body), 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
Matt Nieto -- Alexander True -- Joachim Blichfeld
Mario Ferraro -- Brent Burns
Nikolai Knyzhov -- Erik Karlsson
Radim Simek -- Marc-Edouard Vlasic
Martin Jones
Devan Dubnyk
Scratched:Fredrik Claesson, Marcus Sorensen
Injured:None
COVID-19 protocol:Tomas Hertl
Status report
Blichfeld was recalled from San Jose of the American Hockey League and will make his season debut, replacing Sorensen. ... Sharks coach Bob Boughner said it's possible Hertl, a forward, could return March 12 against the Anaheim Ducks. He will miss his third game.