Avalanche at Rangers projected lineups

AVALANCHE (28-20-2) at RANGERS (24-20-4)

1 p.m. ET; MSG, ALT, SN, TVAS

Avalanche projected lineup

Jonathan Drouin -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Martin Necas

Juuso Parsinen -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Artturi Lehkonen

Ross Colton -- Jack Drury -- Logan O'Connor

Joel Kiviranta -- Parker Kelly -- Chris Wagner

Devon Toews -- Cale Makar

Samuel Girard -- Josh Manson

Keaton Middleton -- Sam Malinski

Mackenzie Blackwood

Scott Wedgewood

Scratched: Calvin de Haan, Jere Innala

Injured: Valeri Nichushkin (lower body), Miles Wood (back), Oliver Kylington (upper body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)

Rangers projected lineup

Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere

Will Cuylle -- Mika Zibanejad -- Reilly Smith

Chris Kreider -- Filip Chytil -- Arthur Kaliyev

Adam Edstrom -- Sam Carrick -- Matt Rempe

Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox

K'Andre Miller -- Will Borgen

Urho Vaakanainen -- Braden Schneider

Igor Shesterkin

Jonathan Quick

Scratched: Zac Jones, Jimmy Vesey, Jonny Brodzinski

Injured: None

Status report

Blackwood is expected to start after Wedgewood made 12 saves in a 3-1 loss at the Boston Bruins on Saturday. … Necas and Drury each will be playing his second game with Colorado since being acquired from the Carolina Hurricanes in a trade that also involved the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday; each was held off the scoresheet against the Bruins. … Carrick did not practice Saturday because of body maintenance but is expected to play. … The Rangers likely will dress the same 18 skaters they've used for past six games.