Preseason Lineup: Avalanche at Golden Knights

CENTENNIAL, Colo.--Before making the trek to Vegas to play the Golden Knights this evening in the Colorado Avalanche's preseason opener, the playing roster participated in the Avs first morning skate of the year at Family Sports Center.
Colorado will use a young roster for the exhibition outing with a few veteran players mixed in.
"Our veteran guys will play two or three and there's some guys that we need to look at hard," head coach Jared Bednar said on Monday. "Some of our young guys, see what they can do in exhibition. Some of the guys that are depth call up guys--we'll let those guys battle it out and see, give them lots of opportunity and mix in our veterans as we get along. Some guys we want to get some games in right away. Usually, early exhibition there is a young lineup that you're going to face for a few games, so we'll have a young lineup going [on Tuesday]."

Seven of the players that are dressing in the matchup also played for the Avalanche at the 2021 Arizona Rookie Faceoff. Forwards Shane Bowers, Oskar Olausson, Callahan Burke, Nick Henry and Alex Beaucage and defensemen Bowen Byram and Justin Barron are also going to play in Vegas.
All four professional tryouts on the Avalanche's roster will compete against the Knights, including forwards Artem Anisimov, Gabriel Fontaine and Dalton Smith and defenseman Jack Johnson.
Goaltenders Pavel Francouz and Jonas Johansson are the netminders that will dress for the outing.
Below is tonight's preseason game rosters for the Avalanche. It is subject to change.

Colorado Avalanche Roster

Preseason (Sept. 28, 2021)
| 31 | Jonas Johansson | G | | 39 | Pavel Francouz | G | | 3 | Jack Johnson | D | | 4 | Bowen Byram | D | | 12 | Jayson Megna | C | | 13 | Valeri Nichushkin | RW | | 15 | Shane Bowers | C | | 25 | Logan O'Connor | RW | | 26 | Jacob MacDonald | D | | 27 | Oskar Olausson | RW | | 40 | Artem Anisimov | C | | 41 | Gabriel Fontaine | C | | 43 | Darren Helm | LW/C | | 67 | Keaton Middleton | D | | 68 | Callahan Burke | C/RW | | 70 | Nick Henry | RW | | 72 | Justin Barron | D | | 73 | Dalton Smith | LW | | 74 | Alex Beaucage | RW | | 88 | Andreas Englund | LW | | No. | Name | Pos. | | --- | --- | --- |