AVALANCHE (44-11-9) at JETS (26-28-10)
4 p.m. ET; TSN3, ALT
Avalanche projected lineup
Nazem Kadri — Nathan MacKinnon — Martin Necas
Joel Kiviranta — Brock Nelson — Valeri Nichushkin
Parker Kelly — Jack Drury — Nicolas Roy
Gavin Brindley — Zakhar Bardakov
Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Josh Manson — Brent Burns
Brett Kulak — Sam Malinski
Nick Blankenburg
Scott Wedgewood
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scratched: Ross Colton
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (lower body), Artturi Lehkonen (upper body), Logan O’Connor (hip surgery)
Jets projected lineup
Kyle Connor — Mark Scheifele — Alex Iafallo
Cole Perfetti — Adam Lowry — Gabriel Vilardi
Gustav Nyquist — Jonathan Toews — Isak Rosén
Cole Koepke — Morgan Barron — Brad Lambert
Josh Morrissey — Dylan DeMelo
Dylan Samberg — Elias Salomonsson
Haydn Fleury — Jacob Bryson
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Ville Heinola
Injured: Nino Niederreiter (knee), Neal Pionk (undisclosed), Colin Miller (knee), Vladislav Namestnikov (lower body)
Status report
The Avalanche dressed 11 forwards and seven defenseman in a 5-1 win at the Seattle Kraken on Thursday. … Blackwood is expected to start after Wedgewood made 28 saves Thursday. … The Jets, who held an optional practice Friday, are expected to dress the same lineup they used in a 6-3 loss to the New York Rangers on Thursday.
