Projected Lineup: Avalanche vs. Stars

The Colorado Avalanche closes out back-to-back division games tonight with a home matchup against the Dallas Stars.

The Avs fell 4-3 in overtime to the St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center on Friday.
Semyon Varlamov will get the start between the pipes on Saturday for the Avs, head coach Jared Bednar said after practice on Thursday. The Samara, Russia, native has a 10-7-3 record on the season with a 2.71 goals-against average and .916 save percentage.
Tonight's contest is the second of four scheduled matchups between the Avs and Stars, with the third and fourth games being held at American Airlines Center in Dallas.
The Avalanche did not hold a morning skate today, so the club's exact lineup won't be known until closer to puck drop.
Below is the projected lineup based on how Colorado began Friday's clash at the St. Louis Blues. All line combinations and defensive pairings are subject to change.

Forwards

92 Gabriel Landeskog - 29 Nathan MacKinnon - 96 Mikko Rantanen
17 Tyson Jost - 37 J.T. Compher - 10 Sven Andrighetto
83 Matt Nieto - 34 Carl Soderberg - 11 Matt Calvert
24 A.J. Greer - 22 Colin Wilson - 57 Gabriel Bourque

Defensemen

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

Goaltenders

1 Semyon Varlamov
31 Philipp Grubauer
Healthy Scratch: 7 Mark Alt
Injury Report: 13 Alexander Kerfoot (upper body), 44 Mark Barberio (upper body), 91 Vladislav Kamenev (shoulder)