Projected Lineup: Avalanche vs. Penguins

To complete its second consecutive back-to-back set and its fourth game in six days, the Colorado Avalanche is expected to turn to Philipp Grubauer in net tonight against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Avalanche returns to Pepsi Center after the team defeated the Nashville Predators 3-2 on Tuesday at Bridgestone Arena behind a 36-save performance from goaltender Semyon Varlamov.

Tonight's game is the first of two meetings between the Avs and the Penguins, and they will wrap up the season series on Tuesday in Pittsburgh. Colorado won both matchups last year, sweeping a season series of at least two games from the Pens for the first time since 2002-03.
Below is the Avalanche's projected lineup based on the team's forward combinations and defensive pairings from Tuesday's game in Nashville. They are subject to change.

Forwards

92 Gabriel Landeskog - 29 Nathan MacKinnon - 96 Mikko Rantanen
17 Tyson Jost - 13 Alexander Kerfoot - 22 Colin Wilson
83 Matt Nieto - 34 Carl Soderberg - 11 Matt Calvert
10 Sven Andrighetto - 37 J.T. Compher - 57 Gabriel Bourque

Defensemen

49 Samuel Girard - 6 Erik Johnson
16 Nikita Zadorov - 28 Ian Cole
12 Patrik Nemeth - 44 Mark Barberio

Goaltenders

31 Philipp Grubauer
1 Semyon Varlamov
Scratches: 15 Sheldon Dries, 91 Vladislav Kamenev
Injury Report: 4 Tyson Barrie (lower body)