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San Jose Sharks at Colorado Avalanche: game preview

San JoseSharks2026-27: 2-1-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 39-35-8 · 86 pts · 24that

ColoradoAvalanche2026-27: 2-0-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 55-16-11 · 121 pts · 1st

Puck drop28 Nov · 9:00 PM ET

VenueBall Arena

All-time meetings150 completed

BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26

The thesis

Thirty-five points apart last season

San Jose finished last season 24th in the league on 86 points. Colorado finished 1st on 121.

Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.

Head-to-head

Meeting number 151

Across 150 completed games, Colorado lead the head-to-head 81-54-15.

All-time record81-54-15Colorado's record in the series

Meetings played150This is number 151

2025-26 series—

Last 54-1Colorado

Last 5 meetings

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DateResultShotsPower playWinner

4 Feb 2026SJS 2 – COL 4——COL

26 Nov 2025SJS 0 – COL 6——COL

1 Nov 2025COL 2 – SJS 3 OT——SJS

6 Mar 2025SJS 3 – COL 7——COL

19 Dec 2024COL 4 – SJS 2——COL

Head-to-head finder

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateSan JoseColorado

1 Nov 20254-6-2 · 10 pts30th7-1-5 · 19 pts1st

26 Nov 202511-10-3 · 25 pts24th17-1-5 · 39 pts1st

4 Feb 202626-21-3 · 55 pts21st35-6-9 · 79 pts1st

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 1 Nov 2025, San Jose were 30th in the league and Colorado 1st. By 4 Feb 2026 it was 21st and 1st.

Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Colorado out-attempted San Jose 236 to 150

Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.

San Jose Sharks

150 att · 74 on goal · 5 G · 6.8%

Crease13 att · 0 G

Slot58 att · 2 G

Wing51 att · 2 G

Point24 att · 1 G

Neutral zone4 att · 0 G

Colorado Avalanche

236 att · 123 on goal · 12 G · 9.8%

Crease16 att · 2 G

Slot94 att · 4 G

Wing84 att · 6 G

Point34 att · 0 G

Neutral zone8 att · 0 G

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Colorado have created the better chances, last 10 games

Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.

San JoseColorado

2.13xG for per game3.16

3.72xG against per game2.55

36.4%xG share55.4%

+2.6FinishingGoals minus expected goals+7.7

−0.8GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed+0.1

This season: 3 games for San Jose, 2 for Colorado. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every team’s xG →

Special teams

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.

All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings

San Jose

Small sample

Power play · 2026-2725.0%

Power play · 2025-2621.2% · 16th

Power play · last 5 meetings—

Penalty kill · 2026-2775.0%

Penalty kill · 2025-2676.4% · 26th

Faceoffs · 2026-2744.4% · 72/162

Drawn · 2026-278 (2.67/gm)

Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-2712 (4.00/gm)

PP goals · last meetings0

Colorado

Small sample

Power play · 2026-2744.4%

Power play · 2025-2617.1% · 27th

Power play · last 5 meetings—

Penalty kill · 2026-27100.0%

Penalty kill · 2025-2684.6% · 1st

Faceoffs · 2026-2746.8% · 58/124

Drawn · 2026-279 (4.50/gm)

Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-276 (3.00/gm)

PP goals · last meetings0

Skaters

Skaters to watch

Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.

Goaltending

Who has stopped this matchup

Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.

Expected startersAn estimate until the teams confirmEvery game tonight →

San Jose

Expected starter after their game on 27 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Colorado

Expected starter after their game on 27 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

San Jose crease

SJS · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 25 Nov

Yaroslav Askarov.8623 GP · 2-1-0 · GSAx −0.8

No appearances against Colorado in the last meetings.

Colorado crease

COL · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 25 Nov

Mackenzie Blackwood.9122 GP · 2-0-0 · GSAx +0.1

No appearances against San Jose in the last meetings.

Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.6 goals

No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.

Goals in the last 5 meetings

4 Feb 20266 · SJS 2–4 COL

26 Nov 20256 · SJS 0–6 COL

1 Nov 20255 · COL 2–3 SJS

6 Mar 202510 · SJS 3–7 COL

19 Dec 20246 · COL 4–2 SJS

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA

San Jose3.004.003.063.56

Colorado7.002.503.682.48

Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.

Scoring rates suggest6.6Goals in this game

Last 5 meetings6.6Goals per game

Line—No total posted yet

Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

10 on the injury lists

San Jose · injuries

Adam GaudetteUpper BodyIRReturn10 Oct

Alex Barre-BouletUndisclosedIRReturn8 Oct

Cam LundUpper BodyIRReturn19 Oct

Kyle KeyserUpper BodyIRReturn1 Dec

Macklin CelebriniLower BodyDay-to-dayReturn8 Oct

Quentin MustyUpper BodyIRReturn1 Dec

Colorado · injuries

Georgii MerkulovUndisclosedIRReturn16 Oct

Logan O'ConnorLower BodyIRReturn7 Oct

Trent MinerUndisclosedIRReturn10 Oct

Zachary L'HeureuxLower BodyIRReturn7 Oct

Latest moves

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4 Oct · SJS

Placed C Patrick Giles on waivers.

27 Sep · SJS

Placed G Ilya Samsonov on waivers.

23 Sep · SJS

Placed RW Ethan Cardwell, D Libor Hajek and LW Tye Felhaber on waivers.

27 Sep · COL

Placed LD Keaton Middleton, LD Wyatt Aamodt, RW/LW Fabian Lysell, C Vinnie Hinostroza, LW Adam Beckman and LW Tristen Nielsen on waivers.

27 Sep · COL

Placed D Keaton Middleton, D Wyatt Aamodt, LW Fabian Lysell, C Vinnie Hinostroza, LW Adam Beckman and G Mads Sogaard Nielsen on waivers.

25 Sep · COL

Reassigned Ds Domenick Fensore, Saige Weinstein and Christian Wolanin to Colorado (AHL).

Injury report

San Jose · 2026 draft

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#2Ivar StenbergRound 1 · FrolundaLW

#9Keaton VerhoeffRound 1 · North DakotaD

#21Ryan LinRound 1 · VancouverD

#127Brady KnowlingRound 4 · Usa U-18G

Full draft

Colorado · 2026 draft

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#43Egor ShilovRound 2 · VictoriavilleC

#74Beckett HamiltonRound 3 · Red DeerC

#126Tobias TvrznikRound 4 · WenatcheeG

#128Axel ElofssonRound 4 · Orebro Jr.D

Full draft

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San Jose Sharks at Colorado Avalanche: game preview

Thirty-five points apart last season

Meeting number 151

Last 5 meetings

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

Colorado out-attempted San Jose 236 to 150

San Jose Sharks

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado have created the better chances, last 10 games

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

San Jose

Colorado

Skaters to watch

Forwards to watch

Defencemen to watch

Who has stopped this matchup

San Jose crease

Colorado crease

Scoring rates point to about 6.6 goals

Goals in the last 5 meetings

Scoring rates

10 on the injury lists

San Jose · injuries

Colorado · injuries

Latest moves

San Jose · 2026 draft

Colorado · 2026 draft

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