Nazem Kadri is set to move back to the second line with Tyson Jost and Valeri Nichushkin while J.T. Compher will be between Carl Soderberg and Kiefer Sherwood. Pierre-Edouard Bellemare will center the fourth line with Liam O'Brien and Martin Kaut. The trio of Gabriel Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon and Andre Burakovsky will remain the same.
Tonight is the seventh of eight meetings between the Avalanche and Golden Knights in 2020-21, and Colorado is 3-2-1 against Vegas so far this year. The regular-season series concludes in Southern Nevada on May 10.
Below is the Avalanche's projected lineup. All forward combinations and defensive pairings are subject to change.
Forwards
92 Gabriel Landeskog - 29 Nathan MacKinnon - 95 Andre Burakovsky
17 Tyson Jost - 91 Nazem Kadri - 13 Valeri Nichushkin
34 Carl Soderberg - 37 J.T. Compher - 44 Kiefer Sherwood
38 Liam O'Brien - 41 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare - 61 Martin Kaut
Defensemen
49 Samuel Girard - 7 Devon Toews
27 Ryan Graves - 8 Cale Makar
24 Patrik Nemeth - 22 Conor Timmins
Goaltenders
40 Devan Dubnyk
35 Jonas Johansson
Taxi Squad: Kyle Burroughs, Peyton Jones, Keaton Middleton, Dan Renouf, Miikka Salomaki, Adam Werner
Injury Report: Bowen Byram (upper body & COVID protocol-related absence), Matt Calvert (upper body), Joonas Donskoi (COVID protocol-related absence), Pavel Francouz (lower body), Philipp Grubauer (COVID protocol-related absence), Erik Johnson (upper body), Jacob MacDonald (lower body), Logan O'Connor (lower body), Mikko Rantanen (COVID protocol-related absence), Brandon Saad (lower body)
