Coyotes at Avalanche

COYOTES (12-10-3) at AVALANCHE (13-8-2)

Coyotes projected lineup
Clayton Keller -- Christian Dvorak -- Tyler Pitlick
Lawson Crouse -- Nick Schmaltz -- Conor Garland
Derick Brassard -- Johan Larsson -- Phil Kessel
Drake Caggiula --
Frederik Gauthier
-- Christian Fischer
Jakob Chychrun -- Alex Goligoski
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Jason Demers
Jordan Oesterle -- Niklas Hjalmarsson
Antti Raanta
Adin Hill
Scratched: John Hayden, Ilya Lyubushkin
Injured: Darcy Kuemper (lower body)
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
Dan Renouf -- Devon Toews
Jacob MacDonald -- Samuel Girard
Ryan Graves -- Greg Pateryn
Philipp Grubauer
Hunter Miska
Scratched:Jayson Megna
Injured: Bowen Byram (upper body), J.T. Compher (upper body), Pavel Francouz (lower body), Dennis Gilbert (facial surgery), Erik Johnson (upper body), Cale Makar (upper body), Conor Timmins (upper body)
Status report
Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet said Kuemper, a goalie, is wee to week after getting injured in the third period against the Avalanche on Monday. He returned to Arizona for further evaluation. … MacKinnon will play after missing three games with a head injury.