AVALANCHE (44-13-10) at BLACKHAWKS (26-30-12)
8:30 p.m. ET; CHSN, KTVD, ALT
Avalanche projected lineup
Valeri Nichushkin — Nathan MacKinnon — Martin Necas
Nazem Kadri — Brock Nelson — Nicolas Roy
Parker Kelly — Jack Drury — Joel Kiviranta
Ivan Ivan — Zakhar Bardakov — Gavin Brindley
Brett Kulak — Cale Makar
Devon Toews — Sam Malinski
Josh Manson — Brent Burns
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Nick Blankenburg
Injured: Ross Colton (upper body), Gabriel Landeskog (lower body), Artturi Lehkonen (upper body), Logan O’Connor (hip surgery)
Blackhawks projected lineup
Ryan Greene — Connor Bedard — Andre Burakovsky
Tyler Bertuzzi — Frank Nazar — Teuvo Teravainen
Andrew Mangiapane — Ryan Donato — Ilya Mikheyev
Nick Lardis — Sam Lafferty — Landon Slaggert
Alex Vlasic — Artyom Levshunov
Wyatt Kaiser — Sam Rinzel
Matt Grzelcyk — Louis Crevier
Ethan Del Mastro
Arvid Soderblom
Spencer Knight
Scratched: Dominic Toninato, Sacha Boisvert
Injured: Oliver Moore (lower body)
Status report
The Avalanche likely will dress the same lineup they used in a 2-1 shootout loss to the Dallas Stars on Wednesday … Colorado coach Jared Bednar said all four injured players are traveling and are likely to play on its four-game road trip, with Landeskog among those closest to returning; the forward has missed six straight games. … The Blackhawks did not hold a morning skate following a 2-1 win at the Minnesota Wild on Thursday … Toninato, a forward, was recalled from Rockford of the American Hockey League on Friday.