Projected Lineup: Avalanche vs. Panthers

Semyon Varlamov will start in goal this evening for the Colorado Avalanche's game against the Florida Panthers at Pepsi Center.
Varlamov was named the NHL's First Star for the previous week after going 3-0-0 with a 1.34 goals-against average, .964 save percentage and posting one shutout. He is 4-1-0 in his last five starts, which included making 41 saves in Friday's victory at the Chicago Blackhawks, his most recent appearance.

The Avalanche acquired forward Derick Brassard from the Panthers earlier today, but it's unknown at this time if he will suit up or where he'll be slotted in the lineup if he does.
Tonight is the second and final meeting of the season between Colorado and Florida. The Avs won 5-2 in the previous matchup on Dec. 6 in the Sunshine State.
Below is the Avalanche's projected lineup based on the forward combinations and defensive pairings from the start of Saturday's game at the Nashville Predators. They are subject to change.

Forwards

13 Alexander Kerfoot - 29 Nathan MacKinnon - 96 Mikko Rantanen
37 J.T. Compher - 34 Carl Soderberg - 10 Sven Andrighetto
92 Gabriel Landeskog - 17 Tyson Jost - 11 Matt Calvert
24 A.J. Greer - 26 Andrew Agozzino - 15 Sheldon Dries

Defensemen

49 Samuel Girard - 6 Erik Johnson
27 Ryan Graves - 4 Tyson Barrie
12 Patrik Nemeth - 16 Nikita Zadorov

Goaltenders

1 Semyon Varlamov
31 Philipp Grubauer
TBD:Derick Brassard
Healthy Scratches: 44 Mark Barberio, 57 Gabriel Bourque
Injury Report:22 Colin Wilson (upper body), 28 Ian Cole (upper body), 83 Matt Nieto (lower body), 91 Vladislav Kamenev (shoulder)