Ducks at Avalanche

DUCKS (8-15-6) at AVALANCHE (16-8-2)

Ducks projected lineup
Rickard Rakell -- Adam Henrique -- Jakob Silfverberg
Max Comtois -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Troy Terry
Danton Heinen -- Isac Lundestrom -- Max Jones
Nicolas Deslauriers -- David Backes --
Vinni Lettieri
Cam Fowler -- Jani Hakanpaa
Josh Mahura -- Kevin Shattenkirk
Ben Hutton -- Jacob Larsson
John Gibson
Ryan Miller
Scratched:Sam Steel, Trevor Zegras
Injured: Derek Grant (upper body), Hampus Lindholm (fractured wrist), Josh Manson (lower body), Sonny Milano (upper body), Carter Rowney (knee surgery)
Avalanche projected lineup
Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Brandon Saad -- Nazem Kadri -- Andre Burakovsky
Valeri Nichushkin -- Tyson Jost -- Joonas Donskoi
Matt Calvert -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Logan O'Connor
Ryan Graves -- Devon Toews
Jacob MacDonald -- Samuel Girard
Dan Renouf -- Greg Pateryn
Hunter Miska
Philipp Grubauer
Scratched:None
Injured: Bowen Byram (upper body), J.T. Compher (upper body), Pavel Francouz (lower body), Erik Johnson (upper body), Cale Makar (upper body), Conor Timmins (upper body)
Status report
The Ducks did not hold a morning skate. … Grant, a forward, skated Monday and could be available … Byram and Makar, each a defenseman, and Compher, a forward, skated Tuesday in regular jerseys. Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said Byram and Compher each could play against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday but he gave no timeline on Makar, who has missed nine games. ... Defenseman Dennis Gilbert was assigned to Colorado of the American Hockey League.