Canucks at Avalanche

CANUCKS (30-26-8) at AVALANCHE (45-13-5)

Canucks projected lineup
Tanner Pearson -- J.T. Miller -- Conor Garland
Elias Pettersson -- Bo Horvat -- Brock Boeser
Juho Lammikko -- Brad Richardson -- Matthew Highmore
Vasily Podkolzin -- Nic Petan -- Alex Chiasson
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Tyler Myers
Quinn Hughes -- Luke Schenn
Travis Dermott -- Brad Hunt
Jaroslav Halak
Thatcher Demko
Scratched: None
Injured: Nils Hoglander (lower body), Jason Dickinson (lower body), Kyle Burroughs (upper body), Tucker Poolman (headaches)
Avalanche projected lineup
Valeri Nichushkin -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Andre Burakovsky -- Nazem Kadri -- Logan O'Connor
Alex Newhook -- Nico Sturm -- J.T. Compher
Andrew Cogliano -- Darren Helm -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Jack Johnson -- Josh Manson
Kurtis MacDermid -- Erik Johnson
Darcy Kuemper
Pavel Francouz
Scratched: Artturi Lehkonen, Bowen Byram
Injured: Ryan Murray (upper body), Samuel Girard (lower body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee surgery)
Status report
Richardson and Dermott each is expected to make his Canucks debut; Richardson was claimed off waivers from the Calgary Flames on Monday and Dermott was acquired in a trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday. ... Halak will start after Demko started the previous nine games. ... Burroughs, a defenseman, skated in a non-contact jersey Wednesday. ... Cogliano is expected to make his Avalanche debut after being acquired in a trade with the San Jose Sharks on Monday. ... Lehkonen is awaiting immigration clearance to play after the forward was acquired in a trade with the Montreal Canadiens on Monday. ... Kuemper will make his sixth start in seven games.