Avalanche at Red Wings

AVALANCHE (39-22-6) at RED WINGS (30-28-9)

Avalanche projected lineup
Denis Malgin -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Valeri Nichushkin
Evan Rodrigues -- J.T. Compher -- Mikko Rantanen
Andrew Cogliano -- Lars Eller -- Logan O'Connor
Alex Galchenyuk
-- Alex Newhook -- Matt Nieto
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Samuel Girard -- Bowen Byram
Jack Johnson -- Brad Hunt
Alexandar Georgiev
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: None
Injured: Pavel Francouz (lower body), Darren Helm (lower body), Erik Johnson (lower body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Josh Manson (lower body), Kurtis MacDermid (lower body), Artturi Lehkonen (broken finger)
Red Wings projected lineup
Pius Suter -- Dylan Larkin -- Lucas Raymond
Dominik Kubalik -- Andrew Copp -- David Perron
Filip Zadina -- Joe Veleno -- Jonatan Berggren
Adam Erne -- Austin Czarnik -- Alex Chiasson
Jake Walman -- Moritz Seider
Olli Maatta -- Jordan Oesterle
Robert Hagg -- Simon Edvinsson
Ville Husso
Magnus Hellberg
Scratched: None
Injured:Robby Fabbri (lower body), Michael Rasmussen (knee), Mark Pysyk (Achilles), Ben Chiarot (undisclosed), Gustav Lindstrom (undisclosed)
Status report
The Avalanche did not practice Friday following a 5-4 win at the Ottawa Senators on Thursday. ... Georgiev could start after Johansson made 32 saves Thursday. ... Edvinsson will make his NHL debut, replacing Lindstrom, a defenseman. ... Husso has started nine of the past 12 games.