Projected Lineup: Avalanche at Golden Knights

LAS VEGAS--Goaltender Philipp Grubauer will make his fourth consecutive start in net tonight as the Colorado Avalanche faces the Vegas Golden Knights in the club's first game back from the NHL Holiday Break.
Grubauer has an a 8-3-3 record, 3.16 goals-against average and .900 save percentage in 16 contests this season.

The only other change to the Avs' lineup will come on the back end, as defenseman Ryan Graves is expected to make his NHL debut this evening.
Graves was recalled from the American Hockey League's Colorado Eagles and will be paired on the backend with Patrik Nemeth.
Following the team's morning skate at T-Mobile Arena, Avs head coach Jared Bednar said that rear guar Nikita Zadorov is still out with a lower-body injury. He will miss his third-straight contest.
Below is the Avalanche's projected lineup for the game against the Golden Knights. All line combinations and defensive pairings are subject to change.

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
57 Gabriel Bourque - 15 Sheldon Dries - 10 Sven Andrighetto

Defensemen

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

Goaltenders

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