Avalanche at Blackhawks

AVALANCHE (18-8-2) at BLACKHAWKS (11-17-4)

Avalanche projected lineup
Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Andre Burakovsky -- Nazem Kadri -- J.T. Compher
Logan O'Connor -- Alex Newhook -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Kurtis MacDermid -- Tyson Jost -- Darren Helm
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Samuel Girard -- Erik Johnson
Bowen Byram -- Jack Johnson
Darcy Kuemper
Pavel Francouz
Scratched: Ryan Murray
Injured: Jacob MacDonald (upper body), Stefan Matteau (lower body), Valeri Nichushkin (upper body)
Blackhawks projected lineup
Brandon Hagel -- Henrik Borgstrom -- Patrick Kane
Alex DeBrincat -- Jonathan Toews -- Dominik Kubalik
MacKenzie Entwistle -- Kirby Dach -- Philipp Kurashev
Jujhar Khaira -- Dylan Strome -- Kurtis Gabriel
Jake McCabe -- Seth Jones
Calvin de Haan -- Connor Murphy
Riley Stillman -- Caleb Jones
Marc-Andre Fleury
Arvid Soderblom
Scratched: Erik Gustafsson, Ryan Carpenter
Injured: Reese Johnson (clavicle), Tyler Johnson (neck)
COVID-19 protocol: Kevin Lankinen
Suspended: Brett Connolly
Status report
The Avalanche are expected to dress the same lineup they used in a 4-2 win against the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday. ... Fleury will start for the first time since Dec. 17; he was backup to Soderblom in a 5-1 loss to the Calgary Flames on Sunday after being removed from COVID-19 protocol. ... Entwistle was activated from the taxi squad, and Josiah Slavin, a forward, was assigned to Rockford of the American Hockey League.