Avalanche at Sharks

AVALANCHE (45-24-6) at SHARKS (22-39-15)

Avalanche projected lineup
Evan Rodrigues -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Alex Newhook -- J.T. Compher -- Valeri Nichushkin
Denis Malgin -- Lars Eller -- Matt Nieto
Andrew Cogliano -- Darren Helm -- Logan O'Connor
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Samuel Girard -- Bowen Byram
Jack Johnson -- Erik Johnson
Alexandar Georgiev
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid, Brad Hunt, Ben Meyers
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Pavel Francouz (lower body), Josh Manson (lower body), Artturi Lehkonen (finger)
Sharks projected lineup
Thomas Bordeleau -- Logan Couture -- Danil Gushchin
Noah Gregor -- Tomas Hertl -- Kevin Labanc
Jacob Peterson -- Nico Sturm -- Fabian Zetterlund
Evgeny Svechnikov -- Steven Lorentz --
Martin Kaut
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Erik Karlsson
Mario Ferraro --
Nikolai Knyzhov
Radim Simek -- Henry Thrun
Kaapo Kahkonen
James Reimer
Scratched: None
Injured: Andreas Johnsson (undisclosed), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body), Luke Kunin (knee), Markus Nutivaara (lower body), Jacob MacDonald (undisclosed), Alexander Barabanov (lower body), Matt Benning (lower body), Oskar Lindblom (upper body), Jeffrey Viel (upper body)
Status report
Georgiev is expected to make his 15th start in 17 games. ... Meyers, a center, could play after being recalled from Colorado of the American Hockey League on Monday. ... MacDermid, a defenseman, also could play. ... The Sharks held an optional morning skate Tuesday. ... Kahkonen will make his second straight start; he made 29 saves in a 7-2 win at the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday... Gushchin was recalled from San Jose of the AHL on Tuesday. ... Lindblom skated but will not play; the forward could return against the Avalanche on Thursday.