Avalanche at Golden Knights

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By NHL.com @NHLdotcom

AVALANCHE (38-10-4) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (29-19-4)

Avalanche projected lineup
Andre Burakovsky -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Gabriel Landeskog -- Nazem Kadri -- Valeri Nichushkin
Logan O'Connor -- Alex Newhook -- J.T. Compher
Darren Helm -- Tyson Jost -- Kurtis MacDermid
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Jack Johnson -- Samuel Girard
Ryan Murray -- Erik Johnson
Darcy Kuemper
Pavel Francouz
Scratched: Bowen Byram, Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Injured: None
Golden Knights projected lineup
Max Pacioretty -- Jack Eichel -- Chandler Stephenson
Evgenii Dadonov -- William Karlsson -- Reilly Smith
Mattias Janmark -- Nicolas Roy -- Michael Amadio
William Carrier -- Brett Howden -- Keegan Kolesar
Ben Hutton -- Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb -- Shea Theodore
Nicolas Hague -- Zach Whitecloud
Logan Thompson
Laurent Brossoit
Scratched: Jake Leschyshyn
Injured:Nolan Patrick (upper body), Mark Stone (back), Alec Martinez (upper body), Jonathan Marchessault (non-COVID illness), Dylan Coghlan (non-COVID illness), Robin Lehner (upper body)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate Saturday after playing Friday; the Avalanche defeated the Winnipeg Jets 6-3 and the Golden Knights lost 3-1 at the Arizona Coyotes. ... Kuemper is expected to start after making 26 saves Friday. ... Pacioretty and Janmark did not play in the third period Friday; there was no status update on either player after the game. ... Thompson is expected to start.

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