Bernier To Start Against Ducks

ANAHEIM, Calif.--For the third time this season, Colorado Avalanche goaltender Jonathan Bernier will face the Anaheim Ducks, his former team.
Bernier will make his first start since March 10 against the Arizona Coyotes tonight at Honda Center as the Avs wrap up their three-game season series against the Ducks. Andrew Hammond will be club's backup goalie this evening.
Colorado won the first two contests of the year versus Anaheim, both 3-1 victories. Bernier made 17-of-18 saves on Oct. 13 and stopped 33-of-34 shots on Jan. 15.

Bernier played for the Ducks during the 2016-17 campaign, which saw him finish the season with a 12-1-2 record in his final 15 outings.
The Laval, Quebec, native will likely play most, if not all, of the team's final four games of the season while Semyon Varlamov is out with a lower-body injury. Bernier is 18-11-2 with a 2.82 goals-against average and .913 save percentage in 33 contests this year. He has a 13-4-1 record in his last 18 outings.
Other than in goal, the Avs aren't expected to make any other lineup changes from what they used on Friday night in their 5-0 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks.
Below are the line combination and defensive pairings from Colorado practice on Saturday. They are subject to change.

Forwards

92 Gabriel Landeskog - 29 Nathan MacKinnon - 96 Mikko Rantanen
10 Sven Andrighetto - 17 Tyson Jost - 13 Alexander Kerfoot
83 Matt Nieto - 34 Carl Soderberg - 14 Blake Comeau
57 Gabriel Bourque - 37 J.T. Compher - 64 Nail Yakupov
91 Vladislav Kamenev - 47 Dominic Toninato

Defensemen

16 Nikita Zadorov - 4 Tyson Barrie
12 Patrik Nemeth - 49 Samuel Girard
5 David Warsofsky - 7 Mark Alt
15 Duncan Siemens - 54 Anton Lindholm

Goaltenders

45 Jonathan Bernier
35 Andrew Hammond
Injury Report: Mark Barberio (upper body), Erik Johnson (fractured patella), Semyon Varlamov (lower body), Colin Wilson (lower body)