Bellemare and goalie Philipp Grubauer (lower body) are among six players currently on the squad's injury list. The two Avs are on the road trip and participated in morning skate, but they won't play this evening.
"We're shifting around a couple things with our lines, playing with a few things," Bednar said following the pregame practice. "With Bellemare out of the lineup, Jost will go back to center."
Jayson Megna, who was a healthy scratch in the club's 4-2 win against Columbus, will return to the lineup and skate in his fifth game of the season. The Avalanche recalled defenseman Kevin Connauton and forward Logan O'Connor from the American Hockey League's Colorado Eagles on Monday, but neither skater will dress against the Jets.
Goaltender Pavel Francouz will make his third straight start in net for the Avs.
Below is Colorado's projected lineup for this evening, based on the forward combinations and defensive pairings from Monday's practice. They are subject to change.
Forwards
72 Joonas Donskoi - 29 Nathan MacKinnon - 11 Matt Calvert
13 Valeri Nichushkin - 91 Nazem Kadri - 37 J.T. Compher
83 Matt Nieto - 17 Tyson Jost - 95 Andre Burakovsky
12 Jayson Megna - 81 Vladislav Kamenev - 36 T.J. Tynan
Defensemen
49 Samuel Girard - 6 Erik Johnson
27 Ryan Graves - 8 Cale Makar
28 Ian Cole - 44 Mark Barberio
Goaltenders
39 Pavel Francouz
30 Adam Werner
Healthy Scratches: Kevin Connauton, Logan O'Connor
Injuries Report: Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (concussion protocol), Philipp Grubauer (lower body), Gabriel Landeskog (lower body), Mikko Rantanen (lower body), Colin Wilson (lower body), Nikita Zadorov (broken jaw)
