AVALANCHE (6-1-4) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (6-1-3)
4 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, ALT, SN1
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Martin Necas
Ross Colton — Brock Nelson — Valeri Nichushkin
Gabriel Landeskog — Jack Drury — Victor Olofsson
Parker Kelly — Zakhar Bardakov — Gavin Brindley
Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Josh Manson — Brent Burns
Ilya Solovyovn — Sam Malinski
Scott Wedgewood
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scratched: Jack Ahcan, Trent Miner
Injured: Samuel Girard (upper body), Joel Kiviranta (lower body), Logan O’Connor (hip surgery)
Golden Knights projected lineup
Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Alexander Holtz
Brandon Saad — William Karlsson — Reilly Smith
Pavel Dorofeyev — Tomas Hertl — Mitch Marner
Cole Reinhardt — Brett Howden — Keegan Kolesar
Brayden McNabb — Shea Theodore
Ben Hutton — Zach Whitecloud
Jeremy Lauzon — Kaedan Korczak
Akira Schmid
Carl Lindblom
Scratched: None
Injured: Noah Hanifin (undisclosed), Adin Hill (lower body), Colton Sissons (undisclosed), Mark Stone (upper body)
Status report
Girard, a defenseman, and O’Connor, a forward, are each on Colorado’s two-game road trip, but neither will play Friday. … Holtz moves to the top line along Eichel and Barbashev, and Saad moves to Karlsson’s left wing on the second line. … Blackwood could start for the first time this season either Friday or at the San Jose Sharks on Saturday. … Sissons, a forward, will miss his second straight game. … Hanifin is skating, but the defensmean will miss his 10th consecutive game. … The Golden Knights reassigned defenseman Jaycob Megna to Henderson of the American Hockey League on Wednesday.
