Overview
- Colorado enters at 16-1-5 with 37 points, leading the NHL in both points and goals with 88 (4.0 per game).
- The Avalanche are 11-0-1 over their last 12 games and 8-0-2 at home.
- Since their Nov. 1 overtime loss to San Jose, Colorado has outscored opponents 41-15 and logged consecutive shutouts over the weekend.
- Goaltending has driven the surge as Scott Wedgewood leads the league in wins and ranks among the top in GAA and save percentage, while Mackenzie Blackwood is 13-1-2 and posted a 35-save shutout in Nashville.
- The Sharks arrive 11-9-3 with 19-year-old Macklin Celebrini among the league’s top scorers at 34 points, and official injury reports list no players out for either team.