AVALANCHE (12-5-0) at WILD (5-8-4)
8:30 p.m. ET; MAX, TNT, TVAS
Avalanche projected lineup
Valeri Nichushkin -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Jonathan Drouin -- Ryan Johansen -- Tomas Tatar
Miles Wood -- Ross Colton -- Riley Tufte
Andrew Cogliano -- Fredrik Olofsson -- Joel Kiviranta
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Bowen Byram -- Josh Manson
Jack Johnson -- Caleb Jones
Alexandar Georgiev
Ivan Prosvetov
Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid, Samuel Girard
Injured: Artturi Lehkonen (upper body), Logan O'Connor (lower body)
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Marco Rossi -- Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson -- Freddy Gaudreau -- Matt Boldy
Marcus Foligno -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Ryan Hartman
Brandon Duhaime -- Connor Dewar -- Pat Maroon
Jake Middleton -- Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin -- Brock Faber
Jon Merrill -- Zach Bogosian
Filip Gustavsson
Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched: None
Injured: Alex Goligoski (lower body)
Status report
MacKinnon did not take part in the Avalanche morning skate Friday but coach Jared Bednear said he will play. ... Gustavsson will start after Fleury made 21 saves in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Oct. 19.
The Wild placed forward Vinni Lettieri on waivers for reassignment to Iowa of the American Hockey League on Thursday. … Defenseman Dakota Mermis was sent to Iowa.
