Projected Lineup: Avalanche at Oilers

EDMONTON, Alberta--Semyon Varlamov will be between the pipes for the Colorado Avalanche tonight as the club takes on the Edmonton Oilers.

Head coach Jared Bednar did not say how his forward trios will be aligned in the contest, but he noted that Matt Nieto could be back in the lineup at Rogers Place. The forward missed Colorado's last game on Friday at the Winnipeg Jets with a lower-body injury.
"We are still waiting on Nieto, it looks like he is going to be able to play, so we got a decision to make up front," Bednar said after morning skate. "[Mark] Barberio will be out on the backend, and [Marko] Dano will be out up front as well."
If Nieto is not able to play, A.J. Greer is expected to be in. Greer has played one game with the Avs this season and was recalled from the Colorado Eagles of the American Hockey League on Thursday before the Avalanche began its two-game road trip.
Below is the Avalanche's projected lineup. The forward combinations and defensive pairings are based on the club's game on Friday in Winnipeg. They are subject to change.

Forwards

92 Gabriel Landeskog - 29 Nathan MacKinnon - 96 Mikko Rantanen
15 Sheldon Dries - 13 Alexander Kerfoot - 22 Colin Wilson
57 Gabriel Bourque - 34 Carl Soderberg - 11 Matt Calvert
17 Tyson Jost - 91 Vladislav Kamenev - 24 A.J. Greer OR 83 Matt Nieto

Defensemen

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

Goaltenders

1 Semyon Varlamov
31 Philipp Grubauer
Healthy Scratch:44 Mark Barberio, 56 Marko Dano, 24 A.J. Greer OR 83 Matt Nieto
Injury Report: 10 Sven Andrighetto (lower body), 37J.T. Compher (head)