Avalanche at Wild

AVALANCHE (6-3-0) at WILD (5-4-0)

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 -- Greg Pateryn
Ryan Graves -- Conor Timmins
Hunter Miska
Philipp Grubauer
Scratched:Adam Werner
Injured: Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (lower body), Matt Calvert (upper body), Pavel Francouz (lower body) Devon Toews (lower body), Erik Johnson (undisclosed)
Wild projected lineup
Marcus Johansson -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Kirill Kaprizov
Zach Parise -- Nick Bjugstad -- Ryan Hartman
Jordan Greenway -- Nico Sturm -- Marcus Foligno
Victor Rask -- Nick Bonino -- Gerry Mayhew
Ryan Suter -- Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin -- Ian Cole
Brad Hunt -- Carson Soucy
Cam Talbot
Kaapo Kahkonen
Scratched:Andrew Hammond
Injured:Mats Zuccarello (upper body), Alex Stalock (upper body), Matt Dumba (lower body)
Suspended: Kevin Fiala
Status report
Neither team held morning skate. ... Defenseman Johnson left the game in the first period of a 5-1 win against the Wild on Saturday. ... Defenseman Dumba left in the third period after colliding with Greenway. Wild coach Dean Evason did not have an update on either player postgame Saturday. … Talbot starts for the first time in four games after missing three games with a lower-body injury.