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AVALANCHE (1-4-0) at SHARKS (0-3-2)

8 p.m. ET; NBCSCA, ALT, SN1

Avalanche projected lineup

Ross Colton -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen

Nikolai Kovalenko -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Logan O'Connor

Miles Wood -- Parker Kelly -- Calum Ritchie

Ivan Ivan -- Matt Stienburg -- Joel Kiviranta

Oliver Kylington -- Cale Makar

Samuel Girard -- Josh Manson

Calvin de Haan -- Sam Malinski

Justus Annunen

Alexandar Georgiev

Scratched: John Ludvig, Kaapo Kahkonen, Chris Wagner

Injured: Devon Toews (lower body), Jonathan Drouin (upper body), Artturi Lehkonen (upper body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)

Suspended: Valeri Nichushkin

Sharks projected lineup

Fabian Zetterlund -- Mikael Granlund -- Tyler Toffoli

William Eklund -- Alexander Wennberg -- Ty Dellandrea

Danil Gushchin -- Will Smith -- Luke Kunin

Carl Grundstrom -- Nico Sturm -- Barclay Goodrow

Jake Walman -- Cody Ceci

Mario Ferraro -- Jan Rutta

Henry Thrun -- Jack Thompson

Vitek Vanecek

Mackenzie Blackwood

Scratched: Jack Thompson, Givani Smith, Klim Kostin

Injured: Macklin Celebrini (lower body), Shakir Mukhamadullin (lower body), Thomas Bordeleau (lower body), Logan Couture (lower body), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (upper body)

Status report

Neither team held a morning skate. ... Toews, a defenseman, is expected to miss his fourth straight game but is traveling. ... Drouin, a forward, was placed on injured reserve Sunday and Wagner, a forward, was recalled from Colorado of the American Hockey League. … Kahkonen, a goalie, resolved his work visa issues and has joined the Avalanche. ... Will Smtih is back in the Sharks lineup after he was scratched against the Winnipeg Jets on Friday for rest as part of the forward's development plan. ... Eklund also returns after not playing Friday because upper-body injury. ... Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky said Celebrini has started skating and is progressing, though the forward remains week to week.