Avalanche at Devils

AVALANCHE (4-2-1) at DEVILS (4-3-0)

Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Evan Rodrigues -- Alex Newhook --
Martin Kaut
Andrew Cogliano - J.T. Compher -- Logan O'Connor
Mikhail Maltsev -- Dryden Hunt
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Bowen Byram -- Josh Manson
Samuel Girard -- Erik Johnson
Jacob MacDonald
Pavel Francouz
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (knee surgery), Darren Helm (lower body), Valeri Nichushkin (lower body)
Devils projected lineup
Tomas Tatar -- Nico Hischier -- Fabian Zetterlund
Erik Haula -- Jack Hughes -- Jesper Bratt
Yegor Sharangovich -- Dawson Mercer -- Jesper Boqvist
Miles Wood -- Michael McLeod -- Nathan Bastian
Jonas Siegenthaler -- Dougie Hamilton
Ryan Graves -- John Marino
Brendan Smith -- Damon Severson
Vitek Vanecek
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scratched: Kevin Bahl, Alexander Holtz
Injured: Jonathan Bernier (hip), Ondrej Palat (lower body)
Status report
Nichushkin is day-to-day. The forward will be replaced on the second line by Kaut. ... Francouz is expected to make this third start of the season. ... Palat still is undergoing evaluation and the forward will miss his second straight game. ... Blackwood participated in the morning skate and is available to play after missing practice Thursday because of an upper-body injury. ... Vanecek is expected to make his second straight start. … Boqvist is expected to replace Holtz, a forward, in the lineup.