AVALANCHE (17-1-5) at WILD (13-7-4)
3:30 p.m. ET; ALT, FDSNNO, FDSNWI
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Martin Necas
Gabriel Landeskog -- Brock Nelson -- Ross Colton
Parker Kelly -- Jack Drury -- Victor Olofsson
Ivan Ivan -- Zakhar Bardakov -- Joel Kiviranta
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Josh Manson -- Brent Burns
Samuel Girard -- Sam Malinski
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Ilya Solovyov
Injured: Gavin Brindley (lower body), Logan O’Connor (hip surgery), Valeri Nichushkin (lower body)
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Danila Yurov -- Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy
Ryan Hartman -- Yakov Trenin -- Nico Sturm
Liam Ohgren -- Ben Jones -- Tyler Pitlick
Jonas Brodin -- Brock Faber
Jake Middleton -- Jared Spurgeon
Zeev Buium -- Zach Bogosian
Jesper Wallstedt
Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: David Jiricek, Hunter Haight, Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Injured: Vladamir Tarasenko (lower body), Marco Rossi (lower body), Marcus Foligno (lower body), Vinnie Hinostroza (undisclosed)
Status report
Neither team skated. … Foligno, a forward, is week to week after leaving during the second period of a 4-3 overtime win at the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday. …Hartman could return after missing four games with a lower-body injury. …Wallstedt is expected to start as the Wild continue to alternate goalies. ... Aube- Kubel, a forward, was recalled from Iowa of the American Hockey League on Thursday.
