DENVER -- Here are the projected lineups for Wednesday night's game between the St. Louis Blues and Colorado Avalanche at the Pepsi Center.

BLUES

David Perron – David Backes – T.J. Oshie

Andy McDonald – Alex Steen – Vladimir Tarasenko

Vladimir Sobotka – Patrik Berglund – Chris Stewart

Jaden Schwartz – Scott Nichol – Ryan Reaves

Ian Cole – Alex Pietrangelo

Barret Jackman – Kevin Shattenkirk

Kris Russell/Wade Redden – Roman Polak

Jaroslav Halak

Jake Allen

Scratches: Brian Elliott, Matt D'Agostini, Redden or Russell

Injuries: Jamie Langenbrunner (hip)

Halak is expected to start in goal against the Avalanche. He has missed eight games since suffering a groin injury in a Feb. 1 game against the Detroit Red Wings. Halak has a 2-2-1 record in eight career starts against Colorado with a 2.97 goals-against average and .909 save percentage.

DENVER -- Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog, last season's Calder Trophy winner, skated for the sixth consecutive day Wednesday. He is expected to practice Friday -- the Avalanche aren't practicing Thursday -- and he might accompany the team on a three-game trip that begins Saturday at the Los Angeles Kings.

Landeskog will miss his 11th consecutive game Wednesday night since suffering head and leg injuries Jan. 26 on a hit by San Jose Sharks defenseman Brad Stuart.

"It's been feeling better and better," Landeskog said in his first public comments since getting hurt. "The hands aren't quite there yet, the feet aren't quite there yet and my lungs aren't quite there yet, but I'm working on it."

DENVER -- Here are the projected lineups for Monday night's game between the Phoenix Coyotes and Colorado Avalanche at the Pepsi Center.

COYOTES

Steve Sullivan – Antoine Vermette – Shane Doan

Mikkel Boedker – Martin Hanzal – Radim Vrbata

Lauri Korpikoski – Boyd Gordon – David Moss

Raffi Torres – Kyle Chipchura – Nick Johnson

Oliver Ekman-Larsson – Zbynek Michalek

Keith Yandle – Derek Morris

Rostislav Klesla – Michael Stone

Mike Smith

Jason LaBarbera

Scratches: Paul Bissonnette, Chris Summers

Injuries: Matthew Lombardi (upper body), David Schlemko (shoulder)

AVALANCHE

Jamie McGinn – Matt Duchene – PA Parenteau

Aaron Palushaj – Paul Stastny – David Jones

Cody McLeod – Michael Sgarbossa – Milan Hejduk

Chuck Kobasew – Mark Olver -- Patrick Bordeleau

Ryan O'Byrne -- Jan Hejda

Erik Johnson – Tyson Barrie

Greg Zanon – Shane O'Brien

Semyon Varlamov

Jean-Sebastien Giguere

Scratches: None

Injuries: Steve Downie (knee), Matt Hunwick (torso), Gabriel Landeskog (head), John Mitchell (flu), Ryan Wilson (ankle)

Palushaj will make his Avalanche debut. He was claimed off waivers Feb. 5 from Montreal. Palushaj, 23, has one goal and four assists in 41 career NHL games. He had one goal and four assists in 38 games last season with the Canadiens, and 15 goals and 20 assists in 35 games with Hamilton in the American Hockey League.

DENVER – Here are the projected lineups for Wednesday night’s game between the Anaheim Ducks and Colorado Avalanche at Pepsi Center.

Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau didn’t announce whether Jonas Hiller or Viktor Fasth would start in goal. Forward David Jones will return to the Avalanche lineup after missing two games with a knee injury.

DENVER -- Here are the projected lineups for Monday night’s game between the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche at the Pepsi Center:

STARS

Brenden Morrow – Jamie Benn – Jaromir Jagr

Loui Eriksson – Derek Roy – Tomas Vincour

Reilly Smith – Cody Eakin – Michael Ryder

Eric Nystrom/Antoine Roussel – Vernon Fiddler – Tom Wandell

Brenden Dillon – Stephane Robidas

Aaron Rome – Trevor Daley

Alex Goligoski – Jamie Oleksiak

Kari Lehtonen

Richard Bachman

Scratched: Jordie Benn

Injuries: Ray Whitney (foot)

AVALANCHE

Jamie McGinn – Matt Duchene – PA Parenteau

John Mitchell – Paul Stastny -- Milan Hejduk

Cody McLeod – Mark Olver – Chuck Kobasew

David Van Der Gulik – Michael Sgarbossa -- Patrick Bordeleau

Ryan O'Byrne -- Jan Hejda

Erik Johnson – Matt Hunwick

Greg Zanon – Shane O'Brien

Semyon Varlamov

Jean-Sebastien Giguere

Scratches: Tyson Barrie

Injuries: Steve Downie (knee), David Jones (knee), Gabriel Landeskog (head), Ryan Wilson (ankle)

DENVER -- Here are Thursday night's projected lineups for the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Colorado Avalanche at the Pepsi Center:

BLUE JACKETS

Brandon Dubinsky –Artem Anisimov – Cam Atkinson

Nick Foligno – Ryan Johansen – Vinny Prospal

RJ Umberger – Derick Brassard – Derek Dorsett

Matt Calvert – Mark Letestu – Jared Boll

Jack Johnson – James Wisniewski

Fedor Tyutin – Nikita Nikitin

John Moore –Adrian Aucoin

Sergei Bobrovsky

Steve Mason

Scratched: Colton Gillies, David Savard

No injuries

AVALANCHE

Gabriel Landeskog - Matt Duchene - PA Parenteau

Jamie McGinn - Paul Stastny - David Jones

Chuck Kobasew/Cody McLeod - John Mitchell - Milan Hejduk

Kobasew/Cody McLeod – Mark Olver - Patrick Bordeleau

Ryan O'Byrne - Jan Hejda

Ryan Wilson - Erik Johnson

Greg Zanon – Matt Hunwick

Semyon Varlamov

Jean-Sebastien Giguere

Scratches: Tyson Barrie, Brad Malone, Shane O'Brien

Injuries: Steve Downie (knee)

DENVER -- Center Anze Kopitar will make his season debut for the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night against the Colorado Avalanche at the Pepsi Center.

Kopitar, who led the Stanley Cup champions in scoring last season with 76 points (25 goals, 51 assists) in 82 games, missed Saturday's season-opening 5-2 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks with a sprained right knee he sustained while playing in Sweden during the lockout.

Kopitar will skate between usual linemates Dustin Brown and Justin Williams.

"It feels good," Kopitar said after Tuesday's morning skate. "I just felt good all week pretty much. The last couple practices have been pretty intense and going all out it felt good. I think I'm ready to play. We wanted to be smart, but you can't baby it forever."

DENVER – These are the projected lineups for a matchup Saturday between the Nashville Predators and Colorado Avalanche at Pepsi Center:

PREDATORS

Sergei Kostitsyn -- Mike Fisher -- Martin Erat
Andrei Kostitsyn – David Legwand -- Alexander Radulov
Gabriel Bourque – Nick Spaling – Patric Hornqvist
Jordin Tootoo – Paul Gaustad – Brandon Yip

Ryan Suter -- Shea Weber
Francis Bouillon – Kevin Klein
Hal Gill -- Roman Josi
 
Pekka Rinne
Anders Lindback

Injuries: None

AVALANCHE

Mark Olver -- Ryan O’Reilly -- Gabriel Landeskog
Jamie McGinn -- Paul Stastny -- David Jones
Milan Hejduk -- Matt Duchene -- Steve Downie
Cody McLeod -- Jay McClement -- Peter Mueller

Jan Hejda – Ryan O’Byrne
Matt Hunwick – Erik Johnson
Shane O’Brien – Tyson Barrie

Jean-Sebastien Giguere
Semyon Varlamov

Injuries: D Ryan Wilson (torso) is out   

DENVER -- Colorado Avalanche players will know Thursday night whether they still have a chance to earn a Western Conference playoff spot or can begin making offseason plans.

In order to remain in the hunt for the eighth and final postseason berth, the Avalanche need a regulation win against the Columbus Blue Jackets and hope the Los Angeles Kings can beat the San Jose Sharks at home in regulation.

The Avalanche also would need a win Saturday against Nashville, while the Sharks would need to lose in regulation that night to the Kings at home. Complicating matters, the Stars can't collect more than two points in their final two games, Thursday at Nashville and Saturday at home against the St. Louis Blues.

"All we can control is what we do tonight, and it starts with a good start to the game and playing playoff hockey," said Avalanche left wing Jamie McGinn, who will return to the lineup after missing one game with a back injury. "If we do that and set the tempo, we take care of our end and hopefully everything else works out and San Jose loses tonight."

The Avalanche enters Thursday's games 10th in the Western Conference with 88 points and 32 regulation/overtime wins. The Sharks are eighth with 92 points and 33 regulation/overtime wins, while the Dallas Stars sit ninth with 89 points and 35 regulation/overtime wins.

"You can't get too stressed or uptight about it," McGinn said. "We have to be relaxed and just play our game. I hope the Kings pull it out tonight, but we can't worry about that. We just have to worry about what we do tonight, and that's getting two points."

Avalanche coach Joe Sacco acknowledged his team's chances of sneaking into the playoffs aren't good.

"I know the percentages are low, but all of a sudden if we get a win tonight and San Jose loses and they don't come out with a point, Saturday night's games become pretty important for both teams," Sacco said. "We'll see what happens."

These are the projected lineups for both teams Thursday:

BLUE JACKETS
R.J. Umberger - Derick Brassard - Cam Atkinson
Vinny Prospal - Mark Letestu - Rick Nash
Ryan Russell - Ryan Johansen - Derek Dorsett
Colton Gillies - Darryl Boyce - Jared Boll

Jack Johnson - James Wisniewski
Nikita Nikitin - Dalton Prout
Aaron Johnson - Brett Lebda

Steve Mason
Allen York

Left wing Kristian Huselius (lower body), center Derek MacKenzie (concussion), defensemen Radek Martinek (concussion), Marc Methot (jaw), John Moore (foot) and Fedor Tyutin (hand), and goalie Curtis Sanford (leg) are out.

AVALANCHE
Gabriel Landeskog - Ryan O'Reilly - Steve Downie
Jamie McGinn - Paul Stastny - David Jones
Mark Olver - Matt Duchene - Milan Hejduk
Cody McLeod - Jay McClement - Peter Mueller

Shane O'Brien - Erik Johnson
Jan Hejda - Ryan O'Byrne
Matt Hunwick - Tyson Barrie

Semyon Varlamov
Jean-Sebastien Giguere

Defenseman Ryan Wilson (torso) is out.

DENVER – These are the projected lineups for a Saturday night contest between the Vancouver Canucks and Colorado Avalanche at Pepsi Center:

CANUCKS

Mason Raymond – Henrik Sedin – Zack Kassian
David Booth – Ryan Kesler – Alex Burrows
Chris Higgins – Samuel Pahlsson – Jannik Hansen
Manny Malhotra – Max Lapierre – Dale Weise

Alex Edler – Kevin Bieksa
Dan Hamhuis – Chris Tanev
Aaron Rome – Sami Salo

Roberto Luongo
Cory Schneider

INJURIES: LW Andrew Ebbett (broken collarbone), D Keith Ballard (neck), LW Daniel Sedin (head) and LW Aaron Volpatti (shoulder) are out.

AVALANCHE

Gabriel Landeskog – Ryan O’Reilly – Steve Downie
Jamie McGinn – Paul Stastny – David Jones
Peter Mueller – Matt Duchene – Milan Hejduk
Cody McLeod – Jay McClement – Mark Olver/Chuck Kobasew

Shane O’Brien - Tyson Barrie/Erik Johnson
Jan Hejda - Ryan O’Byrne
Matt Hunwick - Ryan Wilson

Semyon Varlamov
Jean-Sebastien Giguere

INJURIES: D Erik Johnson (back spasms) is day-to-day.