Projected Lineup: Avalanche at Capitals

WASHINGTON--The Colorado Avalanche opens a three-game trip on the East Coast tonight against the Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena.
On Wednesday, Colorado recalled forward A.J. Greer and defenseman Anton Lindholm from the American Hockey League's Colorado Eagles. Greer will play against the Capitals, but head coach Jared Bednar did not say who Greer will be replacing in the lineup.

Greer has skated in five outings with the Avalanche this season and is second on the Eagles in scoring with 29 points (13 goals, 16 assists) in 36 games so far this campaign.
Goaltender Semyon Varlamov will be between the pipes for the Avs. After beginning his NHL career with Washington, Varlamov has played in seven contests against his former club and owns a 2.31 goals-against average and .937 save percentage in those matchups.
Below is the Avalanche's projected lineup. All forward combinations and defensive pairings are based on the ones used during the club's last outing versus the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday and are subject to change.

Forwards

92 Gabriel Landeskog - 29 Nathan MacKinnon - 96 Mikko Rantanen
13 Alexander Kerfoot - 37 J.T. Compher - 22 Colin Wilson
83 Matt Nieto - 34 Carl Soderberg - 11 Matt Calvert
10 Sven Andrighetto AND/OR 15 Sheldon Dries AND/OR 57 Gabriel Bourque AND/OR 24 A.J. Greer

Defensemen

28 Ian Cole - 6 Erik Johnson
16 Nikita Zadorov - 4 Tyson Barrie
12 Patrik Nemeth - 49 Samuel Girard

Goaltenders

1 Semyon Varlamov
31 Philipp Grubauer
Healthy Scratch: 54 Anton Lindholm
Injury Report: 44 Mark Barberio (head), 91 Vladislav Kamenev (shoulder)