Avalanche at Wild

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By NHL.com @NHLdotcom

AVALANCHE (46-14-5) at WILD (39-20-4)

Avalanche projected lineup
Valeri Nichushkin -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Andre Burakovsky -- Nazem Kadri -- Logan O'Connor
Alex Newhook -- Nico Sturm -- J.T. Compher
Andrew Cogliano -- Darren Helm -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Jack Johnson -- Josh Manson
Kurtis MacDermid -- Erik Johnson
Darcy Kuemper
Pavel Francouz
Scratched: Artturi Lehkonen, Bowen Byram
Injured: Ryan Murray (upper body), Samuel Girard (lower body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee surgery)
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello
Jordan Greenway -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Marcus Foligno
Kevin Fiala -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Matt Boldy
Brandon Duhaime -- Tyson Jost -- Nicolas Deslauriers
Jake Middleton -- Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin -- Mathew Dumba
Dmitry Kulikov -- Alex Goligoski
Cam Talbot
Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched: Jon Merrill, Jordie Benn, Connor Dewar, Nick Bjugstad
Injured: None
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate after each played Saturday. … Talbot will start after Fleury made 23 saves in a 3-2 overtime win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Satutday.

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