Avalanche at Flames

AVALANCHE (46-14-6) at FLAMES (40-17-8)

Avalanche projected lineup
Valeri Nichushkin -- Nazem Kadri -- Mikko Rantanen
Andre Burakovsky -- Alex Newhook -- Artturi Lehkonen
Logan O'Connor -- Nico Sturm -- J.T. Compher
Andrew Cogliano -- Darren Helm -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Jack Johnson -- Josh Manson
Kurtis MacDermid -- Erik Johnson
Darcy Kuemper
Pavel Francouz
Scratched: Bowen Byram
Injured: Ryan Murray (upper body), Samuel Girard (lower body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee surgery), Nathan MacKinnon (upper body)
Flames projected lineup
Johnny Gaudreau -- Elias Lindholm -- Matthew Tkachuk
Andrew Mangiapane -- Mikael Backlund -- Tyler Toffoli
Dillon Dube -- Calle Jarnkrok -- Blake Coleman
Milan Lucic -- Sean Monahan -- Trevor Lewis
Noah Hanifin -- Rasmus Andersson
Oliver Kylington -- Chris Tanev
Nikita Zadorov -- Erik Gudbranson
Jacob Markstrom
Dan Vladar
Scratched: Ryan Carpenter, Brett Ritchie, Michael Stone
Injured: None
Status report
MacKinnon will not play and the center was returning to Denver for evaluation, Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said. ... Lehkonen will make his Colorado debut after being acquired in a trade with the Montreal Canadiens on March 21. ... Monahan will play after being a healthy scratch the past two games. ... Markstrom will make his eighth start in 10 games.