Preseason Lineup: Avalanche vs. Golden Knights

Colorado Avalanche veterans Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen and Andre Burakovsky will play in their first preseason outing of the year tonight against the Vegas Golden Knights at Ball Arena.
It is the fourth of six exhibition games this season for the Avs and their second matchup against the Knights. Colorado and Vegas met on Sept. 28 in Sin City to open the preseason with the Avs falling 4-3 in the contest at T-Mobile Arena.

It is the second half of a back-to-back set and nine skaters who played last night in the 3-1 loss at the Minnesota Wild will dress again this evening. Included in that list are forwards Shane Bowers, Mikhail Maltsev, Stefan Matteau, Kiefer Sherwood and Dylan Sikura and defensemen Justin Barron, Kurtis MacDermid, Roland McKeown and Ryan Murray.
Martin Kaut, who did not practice on Monday after leaving Sunday's practice early with an injury, took part in the morning skate but is not going to play this evening.
Pavel Francouz will get the start in net. He will be backed up by Jonas Johansson.
Below is tonight's preseason game roster for the Avalanche. It is subject to change.

Colorado Avalanche Roster

Preseason (Oct. 5, 2021)
| 39 | Pavel Francouz | G | | 31 | Jonas Johansson | G | | 3 | Jack Johnson | D | | 9 | Dylan Sikura | C | | 10 | Roland McKeown | D | | 11 | Mikhail Maltsev | C/LW | | 12 | Jayson Megna | C | | 13 | Valeri Nichushkin | RW | | 15 | Shane Bowers | C | | 22 | Stefan Matteau | C | | 28 | Ryan Murray | D | | 29 | Nathan MacKinnon | C | | 44 | Kiefer Sherwood | LW | | 48 | Dennis Gilbert | D | | 56 | Kurtis MacDermid | D | | 72 | Justin Barron | D | | 75 | Sampo Ranta | LW | | 91 | Nazem Kadri | C | | 95 | Andre Burakovsky | LW | | 96 | Mikko Rantanen | RW | | No. | Name | Pos. | | --- | --- | --- |