AVALANCHE (5-3-1) at DEVILS (4-4-0)
7 p.m. ET; KTVD, MSG 2, MSG, ALT
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Martin Necas
Gabriel Landeskog -- Brock Nelson -- Nazem Kadri
Jaden Schwartz -- Fedor Svechkov -- T.J. Hughes
Parker Kelly -- Gavin Brindley
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Brett Kulak -- Sam Malinski
Josh Manson -- Brent Burns
Noah Juulsen
Scott Wedgewood
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scratched: None
Injured: Logan O'Connor (lower body), Zachary L'Heureux (upper body), Nicolas Roy (lower body)
Devils projected lineup
Timo Meier -- Nico Hischier -- Luke Evangelista
Arseny Gritsyuk -- Jack Hughes -- Jesper Bratt
Anthony Mantha -- Evan Rodrigues -- Dawson Mercer
Jesper Boqvist -- Cody Glass -- Connor Brown
Luke Hughes -- Brett Pesce
Jonas Siegenthaler -- Dougie Hamilton
Declan Chisholm -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Jake Allen
Nico Daws
Scratched: Remi Poirier, Brenden Dillon, Amadeus Lombardi
Injured: Nick Bjugstad (upper body)
Status report
The Avalanche did not hold a morning skate after a 3-2 loss at the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday when they used 11 forwards and seven defensemen. ... Roy will miss his fourth straight game and the forward is considered week to week. ... Brown will make his season debut after sustaining a lower-body injury during training camp Sept. 28, and the forward will replace Lombardi on the fourth line. ... Evangelista will play after missing the past three games because of an illness. ... Bratt missed practice Monday for maintenance. ... Allen will make his second straight start. ... The Devils loaned forward Stefan Noesen to Utica of the American Hockey League on Tuesday.
