Avalanche at Coyotes

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By NHL.com @NHLdotcom

AVALANCHE (20-8-2) at COYOTES (13-14-5)

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 -- J.T. Compher
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Jacob MacDonald -- Samuel Girard
Bowen Byram -- Ryan Graves
Jonas Johansson
Philipp Grubauer
Scratched: None
Injured: Pavel Francouz (lower body), Erik Johnson (upper body), Conor Timmins (upper body)
Coyotes projected lineup
Clayton Keller -- Nick Schmaltz -- Conor Garland
Christian Fischer -- Christian Dvorak -- Phil Kessel
Lawson Crouse -- Derick Brassard -- Tyler Pitlick
Drake Caggiula -- Johan Larsson --
Hudson Fasching
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Jakob Chychrun -- Alex Goligoski
Jordan Oesterle -- Jason Demers
Adin Hill
Antti Raanta
Scratched: John Hayden
Injured: Darcy Kuemper (lower body), Niklas Hjalmarsson (upper body)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate Tuesday. … Johansson is expected to make his first start for Colorado after being acquired in a trade with the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday. ... Hjalmarsson, a defenseman injured during the Coyotes' 5-1 loss to the Avalanche on Monday, could be out Tuesday.

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