Avalanche at Kraken

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By NHL.com @NHLdotcom

AVALANCHE (55-15-6) at KRAKEN (25-44-6)

Avalanche projected lineup
Valeri Nichushkin -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Andre Burakovsky - Nazem Kadri -- Artturi Lehkonen
Nicolas Aube-Kubel -- J.T. Compher -- Alex Newhook
Logan O'Connor -- Darren Helm -- Ben Meyers
Cale Makar -- Jack Johnson
Josh Manson -- Samuel Girard
Kurtis MacDermid -- Bowen Byram
Darcy Kuemper
Pavel Francouz
Scratched: Nico Sturm
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (lower body), Andrew Cogliano (undisclosed), Ryan Murray (upper body), Devon Toews (undisclosed)
Kraken projected lineup
Ryan Donato -- Matty Beniers -- Jordan Eberle
Joonas Donskoi -- Riley Sheahan -- Daniel Sprong
Jared McCann -- Yanni Gourde -- Karson Kuhlman
Victor Rask -- Alex Wennberg -- Kole Lind
Adam Larsson -- Vince Dunn
Cale Fleury -- Carson Soucy
Jamie Oleksiak - Will Borgen
Philipp Grubauer
Chris Driedger
Scratched: Derrick Pouliot, Morgan Geekie, Haydn Fleury
Injured: Jaden Schwartz (undisclosed)
Status report
Kadri will return after missing eight games because of an upper-body injury. ... Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said there may be some line combination changes before game time. ... Grubauer will make his fourth start in six games.

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