Avalanche at Predators

AVALANCHE (18-11-2) at PREDATORS (14-13-4)

Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- J.T. Compher -- Mikko Rantanen
Alex Newhook -- Evan Rodrigues -- Valeri Nichushkin
Denis Malgin -- Ben Meyers -- Logan O'Connor
Kurtis MacDermid -- Martin Kaut -- Jacob MacDonald
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Samuel Girard -- Erik Johnson
Andreas Englund -- Brad Hunt
Alexandar Georgiev
Pavel Francouz
Scratched: None
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Darren Helm (hip), Bowen Byram (lower body), Shane Bowers (upper body), Nathan MacKinnon (upper body), Josh Manson (lower body), Andrew Cogliano (upper body)
Predators projected lineup
Filip Forsberg -- Tommy Novak -- Mikael Granlund
Yakov Trenin -- Ryan Johansen -- Matt Duchene
Nino Niederreiter -- Cody Glass -- Tanner Jeannot
Cole Smith -- Juuso Parssinen -- Colton Sissons
Ryan McDonagh -- Roman Josi
Mattias Ekholm -- Alexandre Carrier
Jeremy Lauzon -- Dante Fabbro
Juuse Saros
Kevin Lankinen
Scratched: Mark Jankowski
Injured: Mark Borowiecki (upper body)
Status report
The Avalanche are expected to dress the same lineup they used in a 2-1 overtime win against the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday. ... Georgiev will make his fifth straight start. ... The Predators will dress the same lineup they used in a 4-2 win at the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday. ... Saros will make his fifth straight start.