Sharks at Avalanche

SHARKS (29-29-8) at AVALANCHE (47-14-16)

Sharks projected lineup
Timo Meier -- Tomas Hertl -- Alexander Barabanov
Rudolfs Balcers -- Logan Couture -- Noah Gregor
John Leonard -- Nick Bonino -- Sasha Chmelevski
Jonah Gadjovich -- Scott Reedy -- Jeffrey Viel
Jaycob Megna -- Brent Burns
Erik Karlsson -- Nicolas Meloche
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Ryan Merkley
Kaapo Kahkonen
James 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 Rantanen
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nazem Kadri -- Andre Burakovsky
Alex Newhook -- Nico Sturm -- J.T. Compher
Andrew Cogliano -- Darren Helm -- Logan O'Connor
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Jack Johnson -- Josh Manson
Kurtis MacDermid -- Erik Johnson
Pavel Francouz
Darcy 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.