Avalanche at Sharks

AVALANCHE (46-24-6) at SHARKS (22-39-16)

Avalanche projected lineup
Evan Rodrigues -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Denis Malgin -- J.T. Compher -- Valeri Nichushkin
Andrew Cogliano -- Lars Eller -- Logan O'Connor
Ben Meyers -- Alex Newhook -- Matt Nieto
Devon Toews -- Samuel Girard
Jack Johnson -- Bowen Byram
Kurtis MacDermid -- Erik Johnson
Alexandar Georgiev
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Brad Hunt
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Pavel Francouz (lower body), Josh Manson (lower body), Artturi Lehkonen (finger), Cale Makar (lower body), Darren Helm (lower body)
Sharks projected lineup
Thomas Bordeleau -- Logan Couture -- Fabian Zetterlund
Jacob Peterson -- Tomas Hertl -- Noah Gregor
Evgeny Svechnikov -- Nico Sturm -- Kevin Labanc
Jacob MacDonald -- Steven Lorentz -- Adam Raska
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Erik Karlsson
Mario Ferraro -- Matt Benning
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), Alexander Barabanov (lower body), Oskar Lindblom (upper body), Jeffrey Viel (upper body)
Status report
Makar, a defenseman, will miss his second straight game. ... Georgiev will make his 16th start in 18 games. ... Helm, a center, will miss his second consecutive game. ... Kahkonen will make his third start in a row. ... Hertl will play after missing the third period of a 4-3 overtime loss to the Avalanche because of an upper-body injury... Raska was recalled from San Jose of the American Hockey League on Thursday. ... Lindblom, a forward, practiced but will not play.