Projected Lineup: Avalanche at Jets

WINNIPEG, Manitoba--The Colorado Avalanche begins its season-long, five-game road trip tonight at Bell MTS Place with a divisional matchup against the Winnipeg Jets.

Philipp Grubauer was the first goaltender off the ice from the club's optional morning skate, but head coach Jared Bednar did not discuss any lineup details in his post-practice media availability.
If Grubauer does start in net, it will be his 20th outing of the campaign and third in a row. He has a 9-4-3 record, 3.13 goals-against average and .902 save percentage on the season.
Below is the Avalanche's projected lineup based on the team's last game on Friday against the New York Rangers. All line combinations and defensive pairings are subject to change.

Avalanche Lineup based on Jan. 4, 2019 game vs. New York Rangers

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

31 Philipp Grubauer OR 1 Semyon Varlamov
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)