Avalanche at Flames

AVALANCHE (1-0-0) at FLAMES (0-0-0)

Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Valeri Nichushkin -- Alex Newhook -- Evan Rodrigues
Andrew Cogliano -- J.T. Compher -- Logan O'Connor
Ben Meyers
-- Lukas Sedlak -- Kurtis MacDermid
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Bowen Byram -- Josh Manson
Samuel Girard -- Erik Johnson
Pavel Francouz
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: Anton Blidh
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (lower body), Darren Helm (lower body), Jacob MacDonald (lower body)
Flames projected lineup
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Elias Lindholm -- Tyler Toffoli
Dillon Dube -- Nazem Kadri -- Andrew Mangiapane
Blake Coleman -- Mikael Backlund -- Trevor Lewis
Milan Lucic -- Kevin Rooney -- Brett Ritchie
MacKenzie Weegar -- Chris Tanev
Noah Hanifin -- Rasmus Andersson
Nikita Zadorov -- Michael Stone
Jacob Markstrom
Dan Vladar
Scratched: Adam Ruzicka, Connor Mackey
Injured: None
Status report
The Avalanche did not hold a morning skate following a season-opening 5-2 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday. ... Francouz could start after Georgiev made 15 saves Wednesday. ... The Flames held an optional morning skate Thursday. ... Markstrom, who did not practice Wednesday because of illness, is expected to start.