Avalanche at Wild

AVALANCHE (5-3-0) at WILD (5-3-0)

Avalanche projected lineup
Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Brandon Saad -- Nazem Kadri -- Andre Burakovsky
Valeri Nichushkin -- J.T. Compher -- Joonas Donskoi
Logan O'Connor -- Tyson Jost -- Kiefer Sherwood
Samuel Girard -- Cale Makar
Bowen Byram -- Erik Johnson
Ryan Graves -- Conor Timmins
Philipp Grubauer
Hunter Miska
Scratched: Greg Pateryn, Adam Werner
Injured: Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (lower body), Matt Calvert (upper body), Pavel Francouz (lower body), Devon Toews (lower body)
Wild projected lineup
Zach Parise -- Nick Bjugstad -- Kirill Kaprizov
Jordan Greenway -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Marcus Foligno
Marcus Johansson -- Nico Sturm -- Ryan Hartman
Brad Hunt -- Nick Bonino -- Victor Rask
Ryan Suter -- Matt Dumba
Jonas Brodin -- Jared Spurgeon
Ian Cole -- Carson Soucy
Kaapo Kahkonen
Cam Talbot
Scratched: Andrew Hammond
Injured: Mats Zuccarello (upper body), Alex Stalock (upper body)
Suspended: Kevin Fiala
Status report
Bellemare, a forward, and Toews, a defenseman, did not travel with the Avalanche. Each player was injured during a 3-0 win against the San Jose Sharks on Thursday. … Talbot had been out the previous three games for the Wild because of a lower-body injury. … Fiala, a forward, is serving the first game of a three-game suspension for boarding Los Angeles Kings defenseman Matt Roy during a 5-3 Wild win Thursday.