Avalanche at Coyotes

AVALANCHE (23-8-3) at COYOTES (8-23-4)

Avalanche projected lineup
Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Andre Burakovsky -- Nazem Kadri -- Valeri Nichushkin
Logan O'Connor -- Alex Newhook -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Tyson Jost -- Mikhail Maltsev -- J.T. Compher
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Jack Johnson -- Samuel Girard
Ryan Murray -- Erik Johnson
Darcy Kuemper
Pavel Francouz
Scratched: Bowen Byram, Kurtis MacDermid
Injured: Darren Helm (lower body), Jacob MacDonald (upper body), Stefan Matteau (lower body)
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
Victor Soderstrom
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Vladislav Kolyachonok
Karel Vejmelka
Ivan Prosvetov
Scratched: Liam O'Brien, Loui Eriksson
Injured: Jay Beagle (lower body), Barrett Hayton (hand), Carter Hutton (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Kyle Capobianco, Jakob Chychrun, Cam Dineen, Anton Stralman, Scott Wedgewood
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate prior to the second half of the home-and-home back-to-back. ... The Avalanche won 4-3 in a shootout at Ball Arena on Friday. ... Murray left the game Friday at 6:19 of the second period because of an upper-body injury; if he can't play Saturday, MacDermid, a defenseman who played fourth line right wing Friday, is expected to replace him. … Landeskog, who had been removed from COVID-19 protocol, made the trip and is expected play. … Byram, a defenseman, remains out for personal reasons. ... Coyotes coach Andre Tourigny is expected to miss his third straight game in COVID-19 protocol; assistant Phil Housley will continue as acting coach.