#### **SHARKS (29-29-8) at AVALANCHE (47-14-16)****Sharks projected lineup**Timo Meier -- Tomas Hertl -- Alexander BarabanovRudolfs Balcers -- Logan Couture -- Noah GregorJohn Leonard -- Nick Bonino -- Sasha ChmelevskiJonah Gadjovich -- Scott Reedy -- Jeffrey VielJaycob Megna -- Brent BurnsErik Karlsson -- Nicolas MelocheMarc-Edouard Vlasic -- Ryan MerkleyKaapo KahkonenJames Reimer***Scratched:** Radim Simek, Lane Pederson****Injured:** Adin Hill (lower body), Mario Ferraro (lower body), Kevin Labanc (shoulder), Matt Nieto (undisclosed), Jonathan Dahlen (upper body)***Avalanche projected lineup**Valeri Nichushkin -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko RantanenArtturi Lehkonen -- Nazem Kadri -- Andre BurakovskyAlex Newhook -- Nico Sturm -- J.T. CompherAndrew Cogliano -- Darren Helm -- Logan O'ConnorDevon Toews -- Cale MakarJack Johnson -- Josh MansonKurtis MacDermid -- Erik JohnsonPavel FrancouzDarcy Kuemper***Scratched:** Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Bowen Byram****Injured:** Ryan Murray (upper body), Samuel Girard (lower body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee surgery)***Status report**The Sharks did not hold a morning skate Thursday following a 5-2 loss at the Arizona Coyotes on Wednesday. … Dahlen, a forward, and Ferraro, a defenseman, each skated with the scratches. … MacKinnon will play after missing a 2-1 win at the Calgary Flames on Tuesday with an upper-body injury. ... Cogliano will face the Sharks for the first time since being acquired in a trade with San Jose on March 21.