Ducks at Avalanche

DUCKS (14-29-5) at AVALANCHE (26-17-3)

Ducks projected lineup
Adam Henrique -- Mason McTavish -- Troy Terry
Max Comtois -- Trevor Zegras -- Ryan Strome
Frank Vatrano -- Isac Lundestrom -- Jakob Silfverberg
Max Jones -- Jayson Megna -- Sam Carrick
Cam Fowler -- Dmitry Kulikov
Simon Benoit -- Colton White
Urho Vaakanainen -- John Klingberg
John Gibson
Anthony Stolarz
Scratched: Brett Leason, Nathan Beaulieu
Injured: Jamie Drysdale (shoulder), Derek Grant (lower body), Justin Kirkland (undisclosed), Kevin Shattenkirk (lower body)
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Evan Rodrigues
Matt Nieto
-- J.T. Compher -- Mikko Rantanen
Andrew Cogliano -- Alex Newhook -- Logan O'Connor
Kurtis MacDermid -- Ben Meyers -- Denis Malgin
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Samuel Girard -- Erik Johnson
Brad Hunt -- Andreas Englund
Pavel Francouz
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: None
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Bowen Byram (lower body), Josh Manson (lower body), Darren Helm (lower body), Valeri Nichushkin (upper body)
Status report
Shattenkirk, a defenseman, won't play and is is day to day after blocking a shot during a 5-2 win at the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday. ... Klingberg will return and take Shattenkirk's place in the lineup after after missing the game Tuesday with an illness. … Gibson will start. ... Makar and Malgin each will return; Makar missed four games with an undisclosed injury and Malgin nine games with an upper-body injury. ... Nichushkin, a forward, is day to day. ... Nieto will make his Avalanche debut after being acquired with defenseman Ryan Merkley in a trade with the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday. ... Merkley was assigned to Colorado of the American Hockey League. ... Francouz and Georgiev will alternate starts for the third straight game.