Projected Lineup: Avalanche vs. Blue Jackets
Philipp Grubauer will start in net for Colorado
by Callie Parmele @CallieParmele / ColoradoAvalanche.com
Philipp Grubauer will be between the pipes tonight as the Colorado Avalanche closes out its season-long, five-game homestand against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
It is the second and final time the clubs will meet this season, and it is Columbus' only trip to Pepsi Center in 2018-19.
The Avs will likely use the same lines as they did in their last two practices on Sunday and Monday, which includes the trio of Gabriel Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen back together.
Below is Colorado's projected forward combinations and defensive pairings. They are subject to change.
Forwards
92 Gabriel Landeskog - 29 Nathan MacKinnon - 96 Mikko Rantanen
13 Alexander Kerfoot - 37 J.T. Compher - 22 Colin Wilson
83 Matt Nieto - 34 Carl Soderberg - 11 Matt Calvert
10 Sven Andrighetto - 15 Sheldon Dries - 57 Gabriel Bourque
Defensemen
28 Ian Cole - 6 Erik Johnson
16 Nikita Zadorov - 4 Tyson Barrie
12 Patrik Nemeth - 49 Samuel Girard
Goaltenders
31 Philipp Grubauer
1 Semyon Varlamov
Scratch: 44 Mark Barberio
Injury Report:91 Vladislav Kamenev (shoulder)