Sharks at Avalanche
THE STORY: The Colorado Avalanche continue their season-high eight-game homestand Sunday when they take on the San Jose Sharks at the Pepsi Center. Colorado began its lengthy stretch at home in strong fashion with a 3-0 triumph over the Dallas Stars on Friday, one day after being shut out by the Wild in Minnesota. It was just the third victory in nine home games this season for the Avalanche, who have lost nine of 12 overall. San Jose has won two straight and is 5-1-1 in its last seven. The Sharks have had their way with the Avalanche of late, going 7-0-2 in their last nine meetings.
TV: 8 p.m. ET, CSN California (San Jose), Altitude (Colorado)
ABOUT THE SHARKS (11-5-1): San Jose has won six of its last seven road games, including a 4-1 triumph over the Stars in Dallas on Saturday. Captain Joe Thornton wasn't exactly sure why his team has had so much success away from home. "For whatever reason, we like playing on the road," he said. "We're comfortable on the road. It took us seven, eight minutes to kind of get in the game (Saturday). But once we did, we got our legs and then it was over."
ABOUT THE AVALANCHE (9-10-1): Paul Stastny scored his sixth goal of the season in Friday's win over Dallas. It was Stastny's 334th career point, tying him with Mats Sundin for 10th place on the franchise list. Peter Mueller continues to practice but remains on injured reserve. Mueller missed the entire 2010-11 season and all but three contests this campaign due to post-concussion symptoms.
OVERTIME:
1. San Jose enters having earned eight of a possible 10 points (3-0-2) over its last five visits to Colorado.
2. The home team has captured 12 of the last 16 meetings in the all-time series.