Blues at Avalanche

BLUES (16-14-6) at AVALANCHE (24-8-4)

Blues projected lineup
Jaden Schwartz -- Ryan O'Reilly -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Mike Hoffman -- Brayden Schenn -- David Perron
Zach Sanford -- Robert Thomas -- Jordan Kyrou
Kyle Clifford -- Tyler Bozak -- Ivan Barbashev
Torey Krug -- Justin Faulk
Marco Scandella -- Vince Dunn
Jake Walman -- Robert Bortuzzo
Ville Husso
Jordan Binnington
Scratched: Sammy Blais, Jacob de la Rose, Niko Mikkola
Injured: Colton Parayko (upper body)
Avalanche projected lineup
Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Brandon Saad -- Nazem Kadri -- Andre Burakovsky
J.T. Compher -- Tyson Jost -- Joonas Donskoi
Liam O'Brien -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Kiefer Sherwood
Devon Toews -- Samuel Girard
Ryan Graves -- Cale Makar
Dan Renouf -- Jacob MacDonald
Philipp Grubauer
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: None
Injured: Bowen Byram (upper body), Matt Calvert (upper body), Pavel Francouz (lower body), Erik Johnson (upper body), Valeri Nichushkin (upper body), Logan O'Connor (lower body)
Status report
Neither team conducted a morning skate Saturday. … Husso is expected to make his first start since March 20. … Nichushkin, a forward, is questionable; he was a late scratch for a 3-2 win against the Blues on Friday.