Avalanche at Blue Jackets preview

AVALANCHE (2-0-0) at BLUE JACKETS (1-1-0)
7 p.m. ET; FS-O, ALT, NHL.TV

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The Game

Goalie Philipp Grubauer will make his regular-season debut for the Colorado Avalanche when they play the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena on Tuesday.
Grubauer was acquired in a trade with the Washington Capitals on June 22 after going 15-10-3 in 35 games (28 starts) last season, helping them win the Stanley Cup.
A win would give the Avalanche their best start since beginning the 2013-14 season 6-0-0.
Avalanche forward Matt Calvert and defenseman Ian Cole return to Nationwide Arena for the first time since each signed a free agent contract with Colorado on July 1.
Riley Nash will move from the fourth line to third-line center in place of Brandon Dubinsky, who will miss 4-6 weeks with a sprained oblique muscle.

Players to watch

Grubauer had a 2.35 goals-against average, .923 save percentage and three shutouts last season.
Blue Jackets center Alex Wennberg has no points in two games, but likely will get more ice time and defensive responsibilities with Dubinsky out.

They said it

"When you walk into the rink, it's very familiar to me. Seeing the boys last night, sharing old stories, then the hockey memories come in. It was a little tough sleeping last night."-- Avalanche forward Matt Calvert
"Matt Calvert's an old-school pro. He's going to give everything he can possibly give when he comes in here to play. It won't surprise me how he plays. That's just how he's built." -- Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella

Avalanche projected lineup

Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Alex Kerfoot -- Tyson Jost -- Colin Wilson
Sheldon Dries -- J.T. Compher -- Matt Calvert
Matt Nieto -- Carl Soderberg -- Gabriel Bourque
Samuel Girard -- Erik Johnson
Nikita Zadorov -- Tyson Barrie
Mark Barberio -- Ian Cole
Philipp Grubauer
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched:Vladislav Kamenev
Injured: Sven Andrighetto (leg), Patrik Nemeth (upper body)

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Cam Atkinson
Nick Foligno -- Alexander Wennberg -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Boone Jenner -- Riley Nash -- Josh Anderson
Sonny Milano -- Lukas Sedlak -- Anthony Duclair
Zach Werenski -- David Savard
Ryan Murray -- Markus Nutivaara
Adam Clendening -- Scott Harrington
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched:Markus Hannikainen, Dean Kukan, Gabriel Carlsson
Injured: Seth Jones (knee), Brandon Dubinsky (oblique)

Status report

Landeskog will be in the lineup after missing practice Monday with a lower-body injury. ... Kamenev was recalled from Colorado of the American Hockey League on Monday. ... Sedlak, a healthy scratch in each of the past two games, will play. … Harrington (concussion) will play his first game of the season.

Stat pack

Landeskog needs one assist for 200 in his NHL career. … Soderberg needs one point for 200 in the NHL. … Columbus is 1-for-9 (16.7 percent) on the power play, having failed on its past eight opportunities. ... Calvert is 10th on the Blue Jackets' games played list (416). ... Cole played 20 games for Columbus after being acquired in a trade with the Ottawa Senators on Feb. 26.