CANUCKS (21-44-8) at AVALANCHE (49-14-10)
8:30 p.m. ET; ALT, SN, TVAS
Canucks projected lineup
Drew O’Connor -- Marco Rossi -- Brock Boeser
Liam Ohgren -- Elias Pettersson -- Linus Karlsson
Max Sasson -- Teddy Blueger -- Jake DeBrusk
Curtis Douglas -- Aatu Raty -- Nils Hoglander
Zeev Buium -- Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson -- Tom Willander
Elias Pettersson -- Pierre-Olivier Joseph
Kevin Lankinen
Nikita Tolopilo
Scratched: Victor Mancini
Injured: Evander Kane (undisclosed), Filip Chytil (facial fracture), Thatcher Demko (hip surgery), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Martin Necas
Gabriel Landeskog -- Brock Nelson -- Valeri Nichushkin
Ross Colton -- Nazem Kadri -- Logan O’Connor
Parker Kelly -- Jack Drury -- Joel Kiviranta
Devon Toews -- Sam Malinski
Brett Kulak -- Josh Manson
Nick Blankenburg -- Brent Burns
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Zakhar Bardakov
Injured: Cale Makar (upper body), Nicolas Roy (upper body)
Status report
Kane will not play; Canucks coach Adam Foote said the plan is to manage the forward through the end of Vancouver's four-game road trip, at the Minnesota Wild on Thursday. ... Makar will "miss some time" after the defenseman left in the second period of a 9-2 win against the Calgary Flames on Monday, Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said; the coach added the injury was "nothing serious" and Makar would not be shut down for the remainder of the regular season.
