Avalanche Pregame Notes
Avalanche Game 55 vs San Jose Sharks: Last One Before The Break, Lines, Notes & How To Watch
The Colorado Avalanche (36-9-9) close out their pre-Olympics schedule against the San Jose Sharks (27-23-4) at Ball Arena. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:12 p.m. MT.
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Key Stories to Watch
- Colorado is 2-4-1 in its last seven games. That stretch includes a 0-2-1 stretch in the last three at home.
- The Avs will play without Martin Necas for the third consecutive game. Necas is expected to participate in the Olympics for Team Czechia, but was a late scratch and labeled day-to-day last Saturday in Detroit. Gabe Landeskog is also out, but will be with Team Sweden in Italy.
- The Sharks have lost two straight games and are 4-5-1 in their last 10. They are 1-1-0 against Colorado this season.
- Kiefer Sherwood, whom the Sharks acquired from the Vancouver Canucks in January, will make his debut for San Jose.
- Mackenzie Blackwood gets the nod in goal against Yaroslav Askarov. Blackwood started both of the previous games against his former team, recording a shutout at Ball Arena in November.
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Season Series
- Nov. 1 at San Jose Sharks (L, 3-2 OT)
- Nov. 26 vs San Jose Sharks (W, 6-0)
- Feb. 4 vs San Jose Sharks
Avalanche Injuries
- Martin Necas (lower body, day-to-day)
- Gabriel Landeskog (upper body, “weeks”)
- Logan O’Connor (undisclosed, TBD)
Projected Avalanche Lines (Subject to Change)
Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Valeri Nichushkin
Ross Colton — Brock Nelson — Victor Olofsson
Parker Kelly — Jack Drury — Joel Kiviranta
Taylor Makar — Zakhar Bardakov — Gavin Brindley
Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Josh Manson — Brent Burns
Samuel Girard — Sam Malinski
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood
Big changes tomorrow? Here are #SJSharks lines at practice:
Sherwood-Celebrini-Smith
Eklund-Misa-Toffoli
Kurashev-Wennberg-Graf
Goodrow-Ostapchuk-GaudetteOrlov-Klingberg
Ferraro-Liljegren
Mukhamadullin-Desharnais— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) February 3, 2026
Projected Starters (Subject to Change)
- Confirmed: Mackenzie Blackwood (COL)
- Confirmed: Yaroslav Askarov (SJS)
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Upcoming Milestones
- Nathan MacKinnon — needs 1 assist for 700
- Samuel Girard — needs 2 assists for 200
- Gabriel Landeskog — needs 7 points for 600
- Martin Necas — needs 7 games for 500
- Devon Toews — needs 9 points for 300
How to Watch
- TV: Altitude TV
- Radio: 92.5 FM
Taylor Makar in again. The Avs coaching & management never learns. Maybe they are show casing him for a trade? They’ll see a slow guy who gets lots of penalties. No burst to his game and just kind of out there. Nothing against Taylor personally. He just doesn’t add anything to the party, IMHO.
Thought the same thing. Is it just organizational apathy at this point? Like, “he’s already here and there’s only a few games before the break—let’s just see what he can do and we’ll adjust later”?
He did havw one burst against the red wings picking puck up going down the wing and then shooting it but other then that there’s nothing.
Id rather see prishchepov or nielsen in
He also took a bad penalty