Avalanche vs Sharks

Avalanche vs Sharks : The Colorado Avalanche are just 2-18 in their last 20 road games against the San Jose Sharks. The Avalanche will try to solve the Sharks and advance to the Western Conference final with a win on Wednesday night in Game 7.

Colorado is a +120 road underdog on the NHL odds in San Jose at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. The Sharks are looking for their second Game 7 victory of this postseason as a -140 favorite at home.

Colorado Avalanche at San Jose Sharks

When: Wednesday, May 8, 9:00 p.m. ET

Where: SAP Center, San Jose, California

Betting Line: San Jose -140 / 5.5 Goals

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Colorado Avalanche Notes

The Avalanche needed only two minutes and 32 seconds to find the game-winning goal in overtime of Game 6 as Gabriel Landeskog fired a bouncing puck past Martin Jones to give Colorado a 4-3 win at home. With the win, Colorado moved to a perfect 15-0 in its last 15 games when scoring at least three goals.

Comparatively, the Avalanche are 0-10 in their last 10 games when scoring two goals or less; the path to victory for this team is clearly tied to the production of the offense.

Since March 17, Colorado is 15-7 on the moneyline per the OddsShark NHL Database. Four of those seven losses have come against the Sharks.

Captain Joe Pavelski was getting staples put into his bloody head when the San Jose Sharks staged an epic comeback in Game 7 of the opening round against Vegas.

Now that the Sharks have been forced into another ultimate game after missing a chance to eliminate Colorado in an overtime loss on the road, they are hopeful of getting their leader back on the ice for the first time since then.

Perhaps the biggest question heading into Game 7 at the Shark Tank on Wednesday night is whether Pavelski will be healthy enough to make a dramatic return against the Avalanche. Coach Peter DeBoer said that will happen as soon as doctors give him the okay.

"I'm not hiding anything," DeBoer said Tuesday. "He's day-to-day. He's getting better every day. We're going to make a decision on game days whether he'll be available or not."

Pavelski's scary injury leads to Sharks' incredible rally

The winner of the game advances to play the winner of Tuesday night's Game 7 between Dallas and St Louis.

Pavelski's injury happened midway through the third period in Game 7 against Vegas on April 23 with San Jose trailing 3-0. He was cross-checked by Cody Eakin after a faceoff and then bumped by Paul Stastny before falling awkwardly to the ice head first. The impact of Pavelski's helmet slamming the ice knocked him out briefly and caused him to bleed from his head.

A dazed Pavelski was helped off the ice by his teammates and then had eight staples put in his head to stop the bleeding. While that was going on, his teammates scored four power-play goals during the major penalty to Eakin that even Pavelski acknowledged was not warranted.

Joe Sakic led the Colorado Avalanche as an elite center, not the general manager, the last time the Avs qualified for the Western Conference final.

The Avs can return to the third round of the NHL playoffs for the first time in 18 years if they can defeat the San Jose Sharks Wednesday (9 p.m., ET, NBCSN).

If the Sharks lose, they will be the seventh No. 1 or No. 2 divisional seed to be eliminated in the first two rounds. The Boston Bruins, the No. 2 seed from the Atlantic Division, is the only team from the top eight already in the conference final.

The Sharks already have won a Game 7 this season, beating the Vegas Golden Knights in the first round. They scored four goals on a controversial five-minute cross-checking major and eventually won in overtime.