Predators at Avalanche

PREDATORS (5-7-1) at AVALANCHE (6-4-1)

Predators projected lineup
Filip Forsberg -- Mikael Granlund -- Matt Duchene
Nino Niederreiter -- Ryan Johansen -- Colton Sissons
Yakov Trenin -- Mark Jankowski -- Tanner Jeannot
Cole Smith -- Cody Glass -- Eeli Tolvanen
Roman Josi -- Alexandre Carrier
Mattias Ekholm -- Dante Fabbro
Ryan McDonagh -- Jeremy Lauzon
Kevin Lankinen
Juuse Saros
Scratched:Zach Sanford, Michael McCarron, Jordan Gross
Injured: Mark Borowiecki (upper body)
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Alex Newhook -- Evan Rodrigues --
Martin Kaut
Andrew Cogliano -- J.T. Compher -- Logan O'Connor
Sampo Ranta
--
Shane Bowers
-- Dryden Hunt
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Jacob MacDonald
-- Josh Manson
Kurtis MacDermid -- Erik Johnson
Alexandar Georgiev
Pavel Francouz
Scratched: None
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (knee surgery), Darren Helm (lower body), Valeri Nichushkin (ankle surgery), Bowen Byram (lower body), Samuel Girard (lower body)
Status report
Carrier, Glass, and Tolvanen will return to the lineup after being scratched. ... Bowers will make his NHL debut. ... Forward Alex Galchenyuk, who was on a professional tryout contract during Avalanche training camp before an injury, is cleared to resume playing and signed a PTO with Colorado of the American Hockey League.