Colorado Avalanche (1-4-0, 2 pts) at San Jose Sharks (0-3-2, 2 pts)
Venue: SAP Center
Date: Sunday, October 20
Time: 6:00 pm MT / 5:00 pm PT
TV: ESPN+ / ALT / NBCS
Radio:
Colorado – Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM / 950 AM
San Jose – Sharks Audio Network
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Colorado -1.5
San Jose +1.5
O/U 6.5
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Colorado Avalanche Notes:
Nathan MacKinnon scored the OT winner as the Avalanche finally got their first win, 4-3 over the Anaheim Ducks. Colorado is 9-0-0 against San Jose since the start of the 2021-22 season. Devin Toews will not play in his 4th straight game but is traveling with the team on the road trip.
San Jose Sharks Notes:
The Sharks lost a tough one on Friday night in Winnipeg, 8-3. The Sharks return home for Pixar Night in San Jose and are looking to get their first win of the year. There was optimism that phenom Macklin Celebrini would be back this weekend but the Sharks are being overly cautious with the young forward to make sure there are no long-term effects that linger throughout the season.
Colorado Avalanche Projected Lineup (subject to change):
Colton-MacKinnon-Rantanen
Kovalenko-Mittelstadt-O’Connor
Wood-Kelly-Ritchie
Ivan-Steinberg-Kiviranta
Kylington-Makar
Girard-Manson
De Haan-Malinski
Georgiev
Annunen
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San Jose Sharks Projected Lineup: (subject to change)
Zetterlund-Granlund-Toffoli
Gushchin-Wennberg-Goodrow
Dellandrea-W. Smith-Kunin
Grundstrom-Sturm-Kostin
Walman-Ceci
Ferraro-Rutta
Thrun-Benning
Vanecek
Blackwood
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Players To Watch:
Colorado Avalanche – Mikko Rantanen leads Colorado in points with 10 (4g, 6a) and is tied for 4th in the NHL. Rantanen had 5 points against the Sharks last season as Colorado swept the Sharks (3-0-0) Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar each have 9 points to help pace the Avalanche offense.
San Jose Sharks – Fabian Zetterlund has scored goals in back-to-back games and has moved up the lineup with the injury to Celebrini. Zetterlund has three goals on the season and trials only Tyler Toffoli (4 goals) on the Sharks.
Injury Report:
Colorado Avalanche –
LW Miles Wood – Day To Day – Game-Time Decision
D Devon Toews – OUT – Est. return October 22
LW Artturi Lehkonen – IR (Non-Roster) – Est. return October 28
LW Jonathan Drouin – OUT – Est. return October 28
RW Valeri Nichushkin – IR (Non-Roster) – Est. return November 15
LW Gabriel Landeskog – LTIR
San Jose Sharks –
C Logan Couture – LTIR – Month To Month
RW Givani Smith – Day to Day – Est. return October 20
C Thomas Bordeleau – IR – Est. return October 22
C Macklin Celebrini – IR – Est. return October 22
LW William Eklund – Game-Time Decision
Next game
Colorado Avalanche – October 22 at Seattle
San Jose Sharks – October 22 at Anaheim
