Avalanche at Golden Knights

AVALANCHE (36-13-4) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (39-13-2)

Avalanche projected lineup
Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Valeri Nichushkin -- Nazem Kadri -- Joonas Donskoi
Andre Burakovsky -- Alex Newhook -- J.T. Compher
Carl Soderberg -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Kiefer Sherwood
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Ryan Graves -- Conor Timmins
Dan Renouf -- Jacob MacDonald
Philipp Grubauer
Jonas Johansson
Scratched:Liam O'Brien
Injured:Samuel Girard (lower body), Bowen Byram (upper body), Matt Calvert (upper body), Patrik Nemeth (upper body), Logan O'Connor (lower body), Brandon Saad (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol:Devan Dubnyk
Golden Knights projected lineup
Max Pacioretty -- Chandler Stephenson -- Mark Stone
Jonathan Marchessault -- William Karlsson -- Reilly Smith
Mattias Janmark -- Nicolas Roy -- Alex Tuch
William Carrier -- Keegan Kolesar -- Ryan Reaves
Alec Martinez -- Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb -- Shea Theodore
Nicolas Hague -- Zach Whitecloud
Robin Lehner
Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched:None
Injured:Tomas Nosek (undisclosed), Peyton Krebs (upper body)
Status report
MacKinnon will play after missing the past two games with a lower-body injury. … Krebs will not play after the forward was hit in the face by a puck during a 3-2 win at the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday. … Pacioretty and Reaves each will be a game-time decision.