#### **AVALANCHE (24-17-3) at KRAKEN (27-14-4)****Avalanche projected lineup**Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Evan RodriguesValeri Nichushkin -- J.T. Compher -- Mikko RantanenAndrew Cogliano -- Alex Newhook -- Logan O'ConnorAnton Blidh -- Ben Meyers - Jacob MacDonaldDevon Toews -- Erik JohnsonSamuel Girard -- Andreas EnglundKurtis MacDermid -- Brad HuntPavel FrancouzAlexandar Georgiev***Scratched:** None****Injured:** Cale Makar (upper body), [Gabriel Landeskog](https://www.nhl.com/player/gabriel-landeskog-8476455)* *(knee), Bowen Byram (lower body), Josh Manson (lower body), Denis Malgin (upper body), Darren Helm (lower body)***Kraken projected lineup**Ryan Donato -- Alex Wennberg -- Jared McCannEeli Tolvanen -- Yanni Gourde -- Oliver BjorkstrandAndre Burakovsky -- Matty Beniers -- Jordan EberleDaniel Sprong -- Morgan Geekie -- Brandon TanevVince Dunn -- Adam LarssonJamie Oleksiak -- Will BorgenCarson Soucy -- Cale FleuryPhilipp GrubauerMartin Jones***Scratched:** [John Hayden](https://www.nhl.com/player/john-hayden-8477401)****Injured:** Joonas Donskoi (upper body), Chris Driedger (lower body), Jaden Schwartz (undisclosed), Justin Schultz (undisclosed)***Status report**Makar, a defenseman, missed his second straight game Friday, though he took part in the Avalanche morning skate that day prior to a 4-1 win at the Vancouver Canucks. ... Francouz is expected to start after Georgiev made 20 saves Friday. ... Wennberg, a center, and Burakovsky, a forward, each did not participate in the Kraken morning skate Saturday for maintenance; Seattle coach Dave Hakstol indicated there was a chance one of them would not play. ... Grubauer will start after Jones started the previous two games.
