AVALANCHE (37-9-9) at MAMMOTH (30-23-4)
9 p.m. ET; Utah16, ALT
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Martin Necas
Gabriel Landeskog — Brock Nelson — Valeri Nichushkin
Ross Colton — Jack Drury — Victor Olofsson
Parker Kelly — Zakhar Bardakov — Joel Kiviranta
Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Josh Manson — Brent Burns
Brett Kulak — Sam Malinski
Scott Wedgewood
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scratched: Gavin Brindley
Injured: Logan O’Connor (lower body)
Mammoth projected lineup
Clayton Keller — Nick Schmaltz — Lawson Crouse
Jack McBain — Logan Cooley — Dylan Guenther
JJ Peterka — Barrett Hayton — Kailer Yamamoto
Alexander Kerfoot — Kevin Stenlund — Michael Carcone
Mikhail Sergachev — Sean Durzi
Nate Schmidt — John Marino
Ian Cole — Nick DeSimone
Karel Vejmelka
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Olli Maatta, Liam O’Brien
Injured: None
Status report
MacKinnon, Makar, Toews and Nelson, the four Avalanche Olympians, each is questionable; none took part in Colorado’s morning skate. … Kulak is expected to make his Avalanche debut after being acquired in a trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday. … Mammoth coach Andre Tourigny said there will be “a few game-time decisions” regarding the lineup… Cooley and Kerfoot each could return after participating in the Mammoth morning skate; Cooley missed 28 games with a lower body injury and Kerfoot missed 12 with an upper-body injury. … Utah assigned defensemen Dmitri Simashev and Maveric Lamoureaux to Tucson of the American Hockey League on Wednesday.
