Projected Lineup: Avalanche vs. Rangers

Philipp Grubauer will get the start in goal tonight for the Colorado Avalanche as the club hosts the New York Rangers at Pepsi Center.
Pavel Francouz will serve as the backup goaltender for the Avs as Semyon Varlamov is still day-to-day with a lower-body injury. Varlamov took part in Colorado's morning skate.

Head coach Jared Bednar said after the pre-game practice that forward Sven Andrighetto will return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch for the past two contests. Gabriel Bourque will be scratched this evening.
Bednar also noted that the rest of the Avalanche's game roster will remain the same as it was from the club's last game on Wednesday against the San Jose Sharks.
Below is the Avalanche's projected lineup. All forward combinations and defensive pairings are subject to change.

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
39 Pavel Francouz
Scratch:57 Gabriel Bourque
Injury Report:1 Semyon Varlamov (lower body), 16 Nikita Zadorov (lower body), 22 Colin Wilson (upper body), 44 Mark Barberio (upper body), 91 Vladislav Kamenev (shoulder)