AVALANCHE (45-26-4) at BLACKHAWKS (21-44-9)
9:30 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, ALT2, SN1, TVAS
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Jonathan Drouin
Valeri Nichushkin -- Brock Nelson -- Martin Necas
Joel Kiviranta -- Charlie Coyle -- Ross Colton
Parker Kelly -- Jack Drury -- Logan O’Connor
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Ryan Lindgren -- Sam Malinski
Erik Johnson – Keaton Middleton
Scott Wedgewood
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scratched: Miles Wood, Kevin Mandolese, Samuel Girard, Jimmy Vesey
Injured: Josh Manson (upper-body injury), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)
Blackhawks projected lineup
Ryan Donato -- Connor Bedard -- Ilya Mikheyev
Teuvo Teravainen -- Frank Nazar -- Tyler Bertuzzi
Landon Slaggert -- Oliver Moore -- Lukas Reichel
Nick Foligno -- Joe Veleno -- Patrick Maroon
Alex Vlasic -- Sam Rinzel
Wyatt Kaiser -- Artyom Levshunov
Ethan Del Mastro -- Connor Murphy
Spencer Knight
Arvid Soderblom
Scratched: TJ Brodie, Louis Crevier, Philipp Kurashev, Kevin Korchinski
Injured: Laurent Brossoit (knee), Colton Dach (elbow), Alec Martinez (hip), Jason Dickinson (wrist)
Status report
Kiviranta returns to the Avalanche lineup after missing three games because of a lower-body injury …. The Avalanche recalled Mandolose, a goalie, from Colorado of the American Hockey League … The Blackhawks held an optional morning skate.
