Most of the skaters that participated in the first on-ice session at Friday's practice will play in the preseason contest at Minnesota, according to head coach Jared Bednar. Among those players with NHL experience in that group are Sven Andrighetto, Mark Barberio, Samuel Girard, Tyson Jost, Vladislav Kamenev, Alex Kerfoot and Colin Wilson.
Avs 2018 first-round draft pick Martin Kaut could also make his NHL preseason debut at the Wild.
"We'll make a couple changes, a handful of guys. (Andrew) Agozzino is going in and (Nicolas) Meloche will go in," Bednar said. "A couple guys will come out from that group, but for the most part it's the first group from today."
No matter who is playing versus Minnesota, Bednar is expecting more out of his club than what it showed on Tuesday in the 2018-19 preseason opener--a 5-1 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights.
"If you look at the lineup that we're playing, and the guys that we have left here, they're all pros," Bednar said. "They are either going to be here or up the road in Loveland. Most of these guys have been through a couple camps with us. The first group, we had our [Nathan] MacKinnon line playing and then we had a lot of kids playing as well that are new to the organization. I expect this group to tighten things up a little bit going into Minny tomorrow night."