AVALANCHE (2-1-0) at FLAMES (0-3-0)
9 p.m. ET; SNW, ALT, KTVD
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Martin Necas
Gabriel Landeskog -- Brock Nelson -- Nazem Kadri
Jaden Schwartz -- Fedor Svechkov -- T.J. Hughes
Parker Kelly -- Nicolas Roy -- Zachary L’Heureux
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Brett Kulak -- Sam Malinski
Josh Manson -- Brent Burns
Scott Wedgewood
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scratched: Noah Juulsen
Injured: Logan O’Connor (lower body)
Flames projected lineup
Matvei Gridin -- Morgan Frost -- Matt Coronato
Yegor Sharangovich -- Mikael Backlund -- Joel Farabee
Samuel Honzek -- Martin Pospisil -- Ryan Strome
Aydar Suniev -- Jonathan Castagna -- Adam Klapka
Kevin Bahl -- Zach Whitecloud
Yan Kuznetsov -- Simon Nemec
Jake Middleton -- Zayne Parekh
Devin Cooley
Dustin Wolf
Scratched: Maksim Tsyplakov, Brennan Othmann, Joel Hanley
Injured: Jonathan Huberdeau (hip)
Status report
The Avalanche did not hold a morning skate following a 3-2 loss at the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday. … Wedgewood is expected to make his first start of the season after Blackwood made 16 saves against the Jets. … Castagna will make his NHL debut after being recalled from Calgary of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. … Suniev was also recalled from the AHL on Wednesday and will make his season debut on the fourth line with Castagna and Klapka. … Coach Ryan Huska confirmed that Cooley will start. … Connor Zary, a forward, and Brayden Pachal, a defensemen, each was assigned to Calgary of the AHL on Tuesday after clearing waivers.
