Projected Lineup: Avalanche at Flames

CALGARY, Alberta--The Colorado Avalanche wraps up a back-to-back set in Western Canada this evening as it takes on the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome.
It is the third and final meeting of the season between the Avalanche and Flames, and the second one to be played in Alberta.

Colorado did not hold a morning skate today after playing at the Winnipeg Jets last night, so the club's exact lineup versus Calgary won't be known until closer to game time.
Goaltender Semyon Varlamov is expected to start in net for the Avs after Philipp Grubauer guarded the pipes in the first half of the consecutive-night set. Varlamov has an 11-8-5 record, 2.80 goals-against average and .912 save percentage in 25 games this season.
Varlamov last played on Dec. 31 against the Los Angeles Kings, as he missed two games with a minor lower-body injury before backing up Grubauer versus the Jets.
Below is the Avalanche's projected lineup based on the team's starting alignment from Tuesday night in Winnipeg. All line combinations and defensive pairings are subject to change.

Avalanche Lineup based on Jan. 8 game at Winnipeg Jets

Forwards

92 Gabriel Landeskog - 29 Nathan MacKinnon - 96 Mikko Rantanen
17 Tyson Jost - 13 Alexander Kerfoot - 37 J.T. Compher
83 Matt Nieto - 34 Carl Soderberg - 11 Matt Calvert
10 Sven Andrighetto - 15 Sheldon Dries - 25 Logan O'Connor

Defensemen

49 Samuel Girard - 6 Erik Johnson
28 Ian Cole - 4 Tyson Barrie
27 Ryan Graves - 12 Patrik Nemeth

Goaltenders

1 Semyon Varlamov OR 31 Philipp Grubauer
Scratch: 57 Gabriel Bourque
Injury Report: 16 Nikita Zadorov (lower body), 22 Colin Wilson (upper body), 44 Mark Barberio (upper body), 91 Vladislav Kamenev (shoulder)