Canucks at Avalanche

CANUCKS (5-6-2) at AVALANCHE (4-5-1)

Canucks projected lineup
Tanner Pearson -- Bo Horvat -- Nils Hoglander
J.T. Miller -- Elias Pettersson -- Brock Boeser
Vasily Podkolzin -- Jason Dickinson -- Conor Garland
Justin Dowling -- Juho Lammikko -- Justin Bailey
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Tyler Myers
Quinn Hughes -- Tucker Poolman
Jack Rathbone -- Kyle Burroughs
Thatcher Demko
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Alex Chiasson, Brad Hunt
Injured: Matthew Highmore (upper body), link-placeholder-22, Tyler Motte(upper body), Luke Schenn (lower body), Brandon Sutter (illness)
Avalanche projected lineup
Gabriel Landeskog -- J.T. Compher -- Mikko Rantanen
Valeri Nichushkin -- Nazem Kadri -- Andre Burakovsky
Tyson Jost -- Alex Newhook -- Logan O'Connor
Darren Helm -- Jayson Megna -- Kiefer Sherwood
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Bowen Byram -- Samuel Girard
Jack Johnson -- Erik Johnson
Darcy Kuemper
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid, Ryan Murray
Injured: Pavel Francouz (ankle), Martin Kaut (upper body), Nathan MacKinnon (lower body), Stefan Matteau (lower body)
Status report
Rathbone will play after being recalled from Abbotsford of the American Hockey League. He replaces Travis Hamonic, a defenseman, who was loaned to Abbotsford. … MacKinnon is expected to miss three weeks after the center sustained an injury in a 4-2 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday. … Makar will play after missing the past two games with an upper-body injury. … Nichushkin returns after missing the past nine games with an upper-body injury. ... Newhook was recalled from Colorado of the AHL.