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.
