Kraken at Avalanche

KRAKEN (35-21-6) at AVALANCHE (34-21-5)

Kraken projected lineup
Jared McCann -- Matty Beniers -- Jordan Eberle
Jaden Schwartz -- Alex Wennberg -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Eeli Tolvanen -- Yanni Gourde -- Jesper Froden
Ryan Donato -- Morgan Geekie -- Brandon Tanev
Vince Dunn -- Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak -- Will Borgen
Carson Soucy -- Justin Schultz
Philipp Grubauer
Martin Jones
Scratched: Cale Fleury, Jaycob Megna, Daniel Sprong
Injured: Andre Burakovsky (lower body)
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Valeri Nichushkin
Evan Rodrigues -- J.T. Compher -- Mikko Rantanen
Andrew Cogliano -- Lars Eller -- Logan O'Connor
Matt Nieto -- Alex Newhook -- Denis Malgin
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Samuel Girard -- Bowen Byram
Jack Johnson -- Brad Hunt
Alexandar Georgiev
Keith Kinkaid
Scratched: None
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Darren Helm (lower body), Erik Johnson (lower body), Pavel Francouz (lower body), (head), Kurtis MacDermid (head), Josh Manson (lower body)
Status report
Grubauer will start against his former team after the goalie made 21 saves in a 4-2 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday. … The Avalanche didn't hold a morning skate. … Nichushkin could be a game-time decision after missing a 7-3 loss to the Dallas Stars on Saturday due to an illness.