Avalanche at Canucks

AVALANCHE (19-14-3) at CANUCKS (16-18-3)

Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Alex Newhook -- J.T. Compher -- Denis Malgin
Andrew Cogliano -- Ben Meyers -- Logan O'Connor
Kurtis MacDermid -- Darren Helm -- Martin Kaut
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Samuel Girard -- Erik Johnson
Andreas Englund -- Brad Hunt
Alexandar Georgiev
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Jacob MacDonald
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Bowen Byram (lower body), Josh Manson (lower body), Pavel Francouz (lower body), Valeri Nichushkin (ankle), Evan Rodrigues (upper body)
Canucks projected lineup
Andrei Kuzmenko -- Elias Pettersson -- J.T. Miller
Ilya Mikheyev -- Bo Horvat -- Brock Boeser
Conor Garland -- Sheldon Dries -- William Lockwood
Dakota Joshua -- Jack Studnicka -- Curtis Lazar
Quinn Hughes -- Ethan Bear
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Tyler Myers
Travis Dermott -- Luke Schenn
Collin Delia
Spencer Martin
Scratched: Lane Pederson, Riley Stillman, Kyle Burroughs
Injured: Thatcher Demko (lower body), Tanner Pearson (hand), Tucker Poolman (undisclosed)
Status report
Rodrigues, a forward who is day to day after being a late scratch for a 3-2 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday, skated in a non-contact jersey Thursday and could play at the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. … Francouz, a goalie who has missed nine games, is traveling with the Avalanche and participating in practice. … Nichushkin, a forward who has missed four games, practiced in Colorado on Wednesday but is not on the trip. … Miller moves up from third-line center to play right wing with Pettersson for the first time this season at even-strength. … Delia will start.