Avalanche at Wild

AVALANCHE (28-19-5) at WILD (28-20-5)

Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Valeri Nichushkin
Evan Rodrigues -- J.T. Compher -- Mikko Rantanen
Andrew Cogliano -- Alex Newhook -- Logan O'Connor
Matt Nieto
-- Ben Meyers -- Denis Malgin
Devon Toews -- Samuel Girard
Bowen Byram -- Andreas Englund
Kurtis MacDermid -- Brad Hunt
Alexandar Georgiev
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: None
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Josh Manson (lower body), Darren Helm (lower body), Erik Johnson (lower body), Cale Makar (head), Pavel Francouz (lower body)
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello
Brandon Duhaime -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy
Jordan Greenway -- Sam Steel -- Frederick Gaudreau
Connor Dewar -- Mason Shaw -- Ryan Reaves
Jake Middleton -- Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin -- Mathew Dumba
Jon Merrill -- Alex Goligoski
Marc-Andre Fleury
Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Calen Addison
Injured: Marcus Foligno (lower body)
Status report
The Avalanche did not hold a morning skate Wednesday following a 4-3 shootout loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday. … Georgiev could make consecutive starts after he made 32 saves Tuesday. ... Johnson, a defenseman, is out indefinitely after blocking a shot during a 5-3 win at the Florida Panthers on Saturday. ... Foligno, a forward, will not play after blocking a shot in a 2-1 shootout loss to the Florida Panthers on Monday. The forward could return against the Dallas Stars on Friday. ... Fleury will start after Gustavsson started the previous two games. ... Addison, a defenseman, will be a healthy scratch. ... Goligoski will play after being a healthy scratch the past two games.