Avalanche at Flames

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By NHL.com @NHLdotcom

AVALANCHE (22-17-3) at FLAMES (21-15-9)

Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Evan Rodrigues
Valeri Nichushkin -- J.T. Compher -- Mikko Rantanen
Andrew Cogliano -- Alex Newhook -- Logan O'Connor
Anton Blidh -- Ben Meyers
Devon Toews -- Erik Johnson
Samuel Girard -- Andreas Englund
Kurtis MacDermid -- Brad Hunt
Jacob MacDonald
Alexandar Georgiev
Pavel Francouz
Scratched: None
Injured: Cale Makar (undiclosed), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Bowen Byram (lower body), Josh Manson (lower body), Denis Malgin (upper body), Darren Helm (lower body)
Flames projected lineup
Dillon Dube -- Elias Lindholm -- Tyler Toffoli
Milan Lucic -- Nazem Kadri -- Jonathan Huberdeau
Andrew Mangiapane -- Mikael Backlund -- Blake Coleman
Trevor Lewis -- Adam Ruzicka -- Walker Duehr
Noah Hanifin -- Rasmus Andersson
MacKenzie Weegar -- Chris Tanev
Nikita Zadorov -- Michael Stone
Jacob Markstrom
Dan Vladar
Scratched: Connor Mackey, Jakob Pelletier
Injured: Brett Ritchie (upper body)
Status report
Makar, a defenseman, will not play and is day to day. ... The Avalanche will dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen in Makar's absence. ... Georgiev will start after Francouz started the previous three games. ... Markstrom will make his seventh start in nine games.

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