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AVALANCHE (31-19-5) at JETS (35-22-1)

Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Valeri Nichushkin
Evan Rodrigues -- J.T. Compher -- Mikko Rantanen
Denis Malgin -- Alex Newhook -- Logan O'Connor
Andrew Cogliano --
Matt Nieto
Samuel Girard -- Devon Toews
Josh Manson -- Bowen Byram
Kurtis MacDermid -- Andreas Englund
Brad Hunt
Alexandar Georgiev
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: None
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Darren Helm (lower body), Erik Johnson (lower body), Pavel Francouz (lower body), Cale Makar (head)
Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Mason Appleton
Nikolaj Ehlers -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Blake Wheeler
Morgan Barron -- Adam Lowry -- Sam Gagner
Saku Maenalanen -- Kevin Stenlund -- Karson Kuhlman
Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo
Brenden Dillon -- Neal Pionk
Dylan Samberg -- Nate Schmidt
Connor Hellebuyck
David Rittich
Scratched: Kyle Capobianco, Logan Stanley, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby
Injured: David Gustafsson (upper body), Cole Perfetti (upper body)
Status report
The Avalanche will dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen. … Hunt and Johansson each was recalled from Colorado of the American Hockey League on Thursday. ... Goalie Justus Annunen was reassigned to the AHL on Tuesday. ... The Jets held an optional morning skate Friday. ... Perfetti will be out at least eight weeks after being injured during a 4-2 loss at the New Jersey Devils on Sunday; the center was placed on injured reserve Tuesday and Jonsson-Fjallby, a forward, was recalled from Manitoba of the AHL. ... Hellebuyck is expected to make his 13th start in 16 games.