Avalanche at Canucks

AVALANCHE (23-17-3) at CANUCKS (18-23-3)

Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Evan Rodrigues
Valeri Nichushkin -- J.T. Compher -- Mikko Rantanen
Andrew Cogliano -- Alex Newhook -- Logan O'Connor
Anton Blidh -- Ben Meyers
Devon Toews -- Erik Johnson
Samuel Girard -- Andreas Englund
Kurtis MacDermid -- Brad Hunt
Jacob MacDonald
Alexandar Georgiev
Pavel Francouz
Scratched: None
Injured: Cale Makar (upper body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Bowen Byram (lower body), Josh Manson (lower body), Denis Malgin (upper body), Darren Helm (lower body)
Canucks projected lineup
Andrei Kuzmenko -- Elias Pettersson -- Brock Boeser
Conor Garland -- Bo Horvat -- J.T. Miller
Ilya Mikheyev -- Sheldon Dries -- Jack Studnicka
Dakota Joshua -- Curtis Lazar -- William Lockwood
Quinn Hughes -- Luke Schenn
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Tyler Myers
Travis Dermott -- Ethan Bear
Collin Delia
Spencer Martin
Scratched: Lane Pederson, Riley Stillman, Kyle Burroughs
Injured: Thatcher Demko (lower body), Tanner Pearson (hand), Tucker Poolman (undisclosed)
Status report
Makar, a defenseman, took part in the Avalanche morning skate Friday but will miss a second straight game and remains day to day. ... Colorado will continue to dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen in Makar's absence. ... Georgiev will make his second consecutive start after Francouz started the previous three games. ... Kuzmenko and Mikheyev will swap spots for the second game in a row. … Delia and Martin are expected to continue alternating starts for a sixth straight game.