Sharks at Avalanche

SHARKS (9-24-3) at AVALANCHE (22-11-3)

8 p.m. ET; NBCSCA, ALT

Sharks projected lineup

William Eklund -- Tomas Hertl -- Filip Zadina

Mike Hoffman -- Mikael Granlund -- Fabian Zetterlund

Anthony Duclair -- Jack Studnicka -- Luke Kunin

Justin Bailey -- Ryan Carpenter -- Alexander Barabanov

Mario Ferraro -- Ty Emberson

Henry Thrun -- Jan Rutta

Nikita Okhotyuk -- Calen Addison

Kaapo Kahkonen

Mackenzie Blackwood

Scratched: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Kyle Burroughs, Kevin Labanc

Injured: Logan Couture (lower body), Matt Benning (lower body), Nico Sturm (upper body), Jacob MacDonald (lower body), Givani Smith (lower body)

Avalanche projected lineup

Jonathan Drouin -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen

Miles Wood -- Ryan Johansen -- Valeri Nichushkin

Andrew Cogliano -- Ben Meyers -- Logan O’Connor

Kurtis MacDermid -- Fredrik Olofsson -- Joel Kiviranta

Devon Toews -- Cale Makar

Bowen Byram -- Josh Manson

Jack Johnson -- Samuel Girard

Alexandar Georgiev 

Ivan Prosvetov

Scratched: Caleb Jones

Injured: Artturi Lehkonen (upper body), Ross Colton (undisclosed)

Status report

The Sharks held an optional morning skate. … San Jose coach David Quinn said Emberson, who missed 12 games with a lower-body injury, will replace Burroughs, a defenseman. … The Avalanche didn’t hold a morning skate. … Girard, who missed 20 games after entering the Player Assistance Program of the NHLPA and NHL on Nov. 24, said Saturday that he would return against the Sharks. … Colorado coach Jared Bednar said Saturday that Colton, a forward, would be a game-time decision.