Avalanche at Blues

AVALANCHE (29-19-5) at BLUES (26-25-3)

Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Valeri Nichushkin
Evan Rodrigues -- J.T. Compher -- Mikko Rantanen
Andrew Cogliano -- Alex Newhook -- Logan O'Connor
Matt Nieto
-- Ben Meyers -- Denis Malgin
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Bowen Byram -- Josh Manson
Samuel Girard -- Andreas Englund
Alexandar Georgiev
Justus Annunen
Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Darren Helm (lower body), Erik Johnson (lower body), Pavel Francouz (lower body)
Blues projected lineup
Brayden Schenn -- Robert Thomas -- Jordan Kyrou
Pavel Buchnevich -- Ivan Barbashev -- Josh Leivo
Jake Neighbours -- Logan Brown -- Sammy Blais
Alexey Toropchenko -- Nathan Walker -- Tyler Pitlick
Nick Leddy -- Colton Parayko
Torey Krug -- Justin Faulk
Tyler Tucker -- Calle Rosen
Jordan Binnington
Thomas Greiss
Scratched: Robert Bortuzzo
Injured:Brandon Saad (upper body), Marco Scandella (hip)
Status report
Makar could return after missing four games with a head injury. ... Meyers and Annunen each was recalled from Colorado of the American Hockey League on Friday; to make room, the Avalanche assigned defenseman
Brad Hunt
and goalie
Jonas Johansson
to the AHL on Thursday. ... Forwards
Ryan O'Reilly
and
Noel Acciari
were acquired by the Toronto Maple Leafs
in a three-team trade
with the Blues and Minnesota Wild on Friday. ... Krug is questionable after sustaining an undisclosed injury in a 4-2 win against the New Jersey Devils on Thursday; if he can't play, Rosen will move up to the second defense pair and play with Faulk, and Bortuzzo, a healthy scratch the past four games, would return and play the right side with Tucker. ... Blais practiced Friday after leaving with 8:53 remaining in the third period Thursday, removed from the game by concussion spotters following an illegal check to the head by New Jersey forward Miles Wood. ... Saad, a forward, will miss at least two more games after being placed on injured reserve Thursday.