Avalanche at Coyotes

AVALANCHE (42-23-6) at COYOTES (27-34-12)

Avalanche projected lineup
Evan Rodrigues -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Valeri Nichushkin -- J.T. Compher -- Denis Malgin
Andrew Cogliano -- Lars Eller -- Logan O'Connor
Alex Newhook -- Darren Helm -- Matt Nieto
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Samuel Girard -- Bowen Byram
Jack Johnson -- Erik Johnson
Alexandar Georgiev
Jonas Johansson
Scratched:Kurtis MacDermid, Brad Hunt
Injured:Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Pavel Francouz (lower body), Josh Manson (lower body), Artturi Lehkonen (finger)
Coyotes projected lineup
Clayton Keller -- Barrett Hayton -- Nick Schmaltz
Matias Maccelli -- Jack McBain -- Lawson Crouse
Liam O'Brien -- Travis Boyd -- Christian Fischer
Milos Kelemen -- Nate Smith -- Brett Ritchie
Juuso Valimaki -- Michael Kesselring
Patrik Nemeth -- J.J. Moser
Connor Mackey -- Victor Soderstrom
Connor Ingram
Ivan Prosvetov
Scratched:Karel Vejmelka
Injured:Josh Brown (lower body), Laurent Dauphin (upper body), Zack Kassian (upper body)
Status report:Neither team held a morning skate. … Avalanche coach Jared Bednar is "hopeful" that Rodrigues, who missed the past two games while in concussion protocol, will play. … Makar did not practice on Saturday for maintenance. … The Avalanche assigned Alex Galchenyuk, a forward, to Colorado of the American Hockey League on Saturday. … The Coyotes did not practice Saturday. … Dauphin, who did not play in a 3-1 loss to the Avalanche on Friday, is day to day. ... Brown is expected to return against the Edmonton Oilers on Monday, Coyotes coach Andre Tourigny said. The defenseman will miss his sixth consecutive game.