Avalanche at Golden Knights

AVALANCHE (31-11-4) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (34-11-2)

Avalanche projected lineup
Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Andre Burakovsky
Tyson Jost -- Nazem Kadri -- Valeri Nichushkin
Carl Soderberg -- J.T. Compher -- Kiefer Sherwood
Liam O'Brien -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Martin Kaut
Devon Toews -- Samuel Girard
Ryan Graves -- Cale Makar
Patrik Nemeth -- Conor Timmins
Devan Dubnyk
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Philipp Grubauer, Mikko Rantanen, Joonas Donskoi
Injured: Brandon Saad (lower body), Bowen Byram (upper body), Matt Calvert (upper body), Jacob MacDonald (lower body), Logan O'Connor (lower body)
Golden Knights projected lineup
Max Pacioretty -- Chandler Stephenson -- Mark Stone
Jonathan Marchessault -- William Karlsson -- Reilly Smith
Dylan Sikura
-- Mattias Janmark -- Alex Tuch
William Carrier -- Keegan Kolesar -- Dylan Coghlan
Alec Martinez -- Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb -- Shea Theodore
Nicolas Hague -- Zach Whitecloud
Marc-Andre Fleury
Robin Lehner
Scratched: None
Injured: Ryan Reaves (undisclosed), Tomas Nosek (undisclosed), Nicolas Roy (undisclosed)
Status report
Byram, a defenseman who has missed 15 games, had a setback and is week to week. ... Grubauer, a goalie, and forwards Rantanen and Donskoi, each has been removed from NHL COVID-19 protocol but will not play. ... Smith is expected to return after missing three games with an undisclosed injury. ... Kolesar is expected to play after missing seven games with a lower-body injury. ... Roy, a forward, is day to day. ... Nosek, a forward, is expected back before the end of the regular season, Golden Knights coach Peter DeBoer said.