Avalanche at Wild

AVALANCHE (26-8-4) at WILD (23-12-2)

Avalanche projected lineup
Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Brandon Saad -- Nazem Kadri -- Andre Burakovsky
Valeri Nichushkin -- Tyson Jost -- Joonas Donskoi
Liam O'Brien -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- J.T. Compher
Devon Toews -- Samuel Girard
Ryan Graves -- Cale Makar
Kyle Burroughs -- Jacob MacDonald
Philipp Grubauer
Jonas Johansson
Scratched:Kiefer Sherwood, Dan Renouf
Injured:Bowen Byram (upper body), Matt Calvert (upper body), Pavel Francouz (lower body), Erik Johnson (upper body), Logan O'Connor (lower body)
Wild projected lineup
Jordan Greenway -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Kirill Kaprizov
Kevin Fiala -- Victor Rask -- Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson -- Ryan Hartman -- Nick Bonino
Zach Parise -- Luke Johnson -- Kyle Rau
Ryan Suter -- Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin -- Mathew Dumba
Ian Cole -- Carson Soucy
Cam Talbot
Kaapo Kahkonen
Scratched:Dakota Mermis, Brad Hunt, Joseph Cramarossa, Nico Sturm
Injured:Marcus Foligno (lower body), Nick Bjugstad (upper body)
Status report
Byram continues to skate but the defenseman will be out for the seventh straight game. … Parise returns after missing seven games in NHL COVID-19 protocol. … Zuccarello returns after missing two games with a lower-body injury. … Bjugstad is day-to-day after being injured during a 5-4 loss to the Avalanche on Monday.