Stars at Avalanche

STARS (25-19-2) at AVALANCHE (34-8-4)

Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Joe Pavelski
Jamie Benn -- Tyler Seguin -- Denis Gurianov
Tanner Kero -- Jacob Peterson -- Alexander Radulov
Michael Raffl -- Luke Glendening -- Joel Kiviranta
Esa Lindell -- John Klingberg
Ryan Suter -- Miro Heiskanen
Thomas Harley -- Jani Hakanpaa
Jake Oettinger
Braden Holtby
Scratched: Joel Hanley
Injured: Radek Faksa (lower body), Andrej Sekera (lower body)
Avalanche projected lineup
Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Valeri Nichushkin -- Nazem Kadri -- Andre Burakovsky
J.T. Compher -- Alex Newhook -- Logan O'Connor
Nicolas Aube-Kubel -- Tyson Jost -- Darren Helm
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Jack Johnson -- Samuel Girard
Ryan Murray -- Erik Johnson
Pavel Francouz
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched: Bowen Byram, Kurtis MacDermid
Injured: Jacob MacDonald (upper body), Stefan Matteau (lower body)
Status report
Klingberg is expected to return after missing a 4-0 loss to the Avalanche on Sunday with an upper-body injury. ... Faksa, a forward, and Sekera, a defenseman, each participated in the Stars' morning skate Tuesday, but neither is expected to play. ... Nichushkin is expected to play after being hit by a puck, going down in the corner and leaving the Avalanche's morning skate early.