Coyotes at Avalanche

COYOTES (8-23-3) at AVALANCHE (22-8-3)

Coyotes projected lineup
Andrew Ladd -- Travis Boyd -- Clayton Keller
Lawson Crouse -- Johan Larsson -- Phil Kessel
Antoine Roussel -- Riley Nash -- Christian Fischer
Alex Galchenyuk -- Ryan Dzingel -- Nick Schmaltz
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Dysin Mayo
J.J. Moser -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Vladislav Kolyachonok
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Victor Soderstrom
Ivan Prosvetov
Karel Vejmelka
Injured: Jay Beagle (lower body), Barrett Hayton (hand), Carter Hutton (lower body)
Scratched: Loui Eriksson, Liam O'Brien
COVID-19 protocol: Kyle Capobianco, Jakob Chychrun, Cam Dineen, Anton Stralman, Scott Wedgewood
Avalanche projected lineup
Andre Burakovsky -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Valeri Nichushkin -- Nazem Kadri -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
J.T. Compher -- Alex Newhook -- Logan O'Connor
Kurtis MacDermid -- Mikhail Maltsev -- Tyson Jost
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Erik Johnson -- Samuel Girard
Jack Johnson -- Ryan Murray
Pavel Francouz
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched: Bowen Byram
Injured: Darren Helm (lower body), Jacob MacDonald (upper body), Stefan Matteau (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Gabriel Landeskog
Status report
The Coyotes did not hold a morning skate Friday. … Prosvetov could make his second start this season and first since Oct. 28, when he made 23 saves in a 5-1 loss at the Tampa Bay Lightning. ... Landeskog, a forward, will miss his third straight game but could be removed from COVID-19 protocol Saturday and be available for the second half of the home-and-home back-to-back. ... Byram, a defenseman, will miss his second straight game for personal reasons. There is no timeline for his return.