Canucks at Avalanche

CANUCKS (6-10-3) at AVALANCHE (11-5-1)

Canucks projected lineup
J.T. Miller -- Bo Horvat -- Nils Hoglander
Andrei Kuzmenko -- Elias Pettersson -- Ilya Mikheyev
Conor Garland -- Sheldon Dries -- Brock Boeser
Dakota Joshua -- Nils Aman -- Curtis Lazar
Quinn Hughes -- Luke Schenn
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Ethan Bear
Kyle Burroughs -- Tyler Myers
Spencer Martin
Thatcher Demko
Scratched:Jack Rathbone, Riley Stillman, Vasily Podkolzin
Injured:Jack Studnicka (undisclosed), Tanner Pearson (hand), Travis Dermott (concussion), Tucker Poolman (undisclosed)
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Alex Newhook -- Evan Rodrigues -- Oskar Olausson
Andrew Cogliano -- J.T. Compher -- Logan O'Connor
Dryden Hunt -- Jayson Megna --
Martin Kaut
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Jacob MacDonald
-- Josh Manson
Samuel Girard -- Erik Johnson
Pavel Francouz
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched:None
Injured:Gabriel Landeskog (knee surgery), Darren Helm (lower body), Valeri Nichushkin (ankle surgery), Bowen Byram (lower body), Shane Bowers (upper body), Kurtis MacDermid (lower body)
Status report
Pearson skated at the end of the Canucks morning skate but coach Bruce Boudreau did not provide an update on the forward's status. He likely will miss his sixth straight game. ... Girard will play after missing six games because of a lower-body injury. … Olausson, a first-round pick (No. 28) in the 2021 NHL Draft, will make his NHL debut.