AVALANCHE (8-1-5) at OILERS (6-5-4)
10 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SNE, SNO, SNW, ALT2, KTVD
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 Solovyov — Sam Malinski
Scott Wedgewood
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scratched: Danil Gushchin
Injured: Samuel Girard (upper body), Joel Kiviranta (lower body), Logan O’Connor (hip surgery)
Oilers projected lineup
Leon Draisaitl — Connor McDavid — Jack Roslovic
Vasily Podkolzin — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins — Andrew Mangiapane
Isaac Howard — David Tomasek — Matthew Savoie
Adam Henrique — Noah Philp — Trent Frederic
Mattias Ekholm — Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse — Alec Regula
Brett Kulak — Jake Walman
Stuart Skinner
Calvin Pickard
Scratched: Ty Emberson, Curtis Lazar, Troy Stecher
Injured: Zach Hyman (wrist), Mattias Janmark (undisclosed), Kasperi Kapanen (knee)
Status report
Brindley (concussion protocol) will play for the first time since Oct. 31. … The Avalanche recalled Gushchin, a forward, from Colorado of the American Hockey League on Saturday. … Solovyov will play after being a healthy scratch for a 3-2 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday. … Girard, a defenseman, practiced Friday but is not on the trip. … Draisaitl and Roslovic will move up from the second line to play with McDavid, and Walman and Regula are expected to swap places on the second and third defense pairings. … Hyman, a forward, is expected to make his season debut next week; Janmark, a forward, could return against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday.
