Red Wings at Avalanche

RED WINGS (13-11-3) at AVALANCHE (14-7-2)

Red Wings projected lineup
Robby Fabbri -- Dylan Larkin -- Lucas Raymond
Joe Veleno -- Pius Suter -- Vladislav Namestnikov
Filip Zadina -- Michael Rasmussen -- Adam Erne
Givani Smith -- Carter Rowney -- Sam Gagner
Jordan Oesterle -- Moritz Seider
Nick Leddy -- Filip Hronek
Danny DeKeyser -- Dan Renouf
Thomas Greiss
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Kyle Criscuolo, Brian Lashoff, Luke Witkowski
Injured: Gustav Lindstrom (lower body), Troy Stecher (wrist), Mitchell Stephens (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Tyler Bertuzzi, Marc Staal
Avalanche projected lineup
Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Valeri Nichushkin -- J.T. Compher -- Andre Burakovsky
Nicolas Aube-Kubel -- Alex Newhook -- Logan O'Connor
Darren Helm -- Tyson Jost -- Kurtis MacDermid
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Samuel Girard -- Erik Johnson
Jack Johnson -- Jacob MacDonald
Darcy Kuemper
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: None
Injured: Bowen Byram (head), Pavel Francouz (ankle), Nazem Kadri (lower body), Stefan Matteau (lower body), Ryan Murray (lower body)
Status report
The Red Wings did not conduct a morning skate following a 6-2 loss at the St. Louis Blues on Thursday. … Compher could replace Kadri, a center, on the second line after missing 11 games with an upper-body injury. ... Kadri is day to day after he was injured during a 7-3 win at the New York Rangers on Wednesday. … The Avalanche recalled MacDonald from Colorado of the American Hockey League on Friday.