10:10 pm
March 8

Avalanche @ Sharks

Who will WIN this matchup?

Colorado Avalanche (40-19-8)

@ San Jose Sharks (29-34-5)

 

Starting Goalies:

TBD (COL): TBD

TBD (SJ): TBD

 

Current odds:

Colorado Avalanche: (-165)

San Jose Sharks: (+145)

 

• Colorado has a pair of struggling defensemen in Ian Cole, who played a season-low 8 minutes, 46 seconds Friday because of ineffective play and Nikita Zadorov, who was a healthy scratch after he was a minus-3 in 7 minutes, 58 seconds of playing time of a 4-3 overtime loss to Anaheim on Wednesday. “If guys are having a tough night, you can’t keep playing them,” Bednar told the media. Points are too crucial.” Nathan MacKinnon has five of his team-high 90 points in the last three games, including his 34th goal of the season, while Gabriel Landeskog is riding a seven-game point streak (four goals, six assists).

• Evander Kane scored his team-leading 25th goal Saturday, giving him four tallies in the last four games. Brent Burns leads the club with 45 points after recording an assist versus Ottawa for his 694th career point. Martin Jones is expected in goal and is 10-4-1 lifetime versus the Avalanche despite a 2.93 goals-against average and .896 save percentage.

• The Avalanche on Friday allowed two power-play goals after killing off 24 consecutive opportunities over its previous 10 games while the Sharks boast the NHL’s top penalty-killing unit at 86.6 percent.

5/10
Confidence
StreakSmarter Pick
Colorado Avalanche
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