Projected Lineup: Avalanche at Sabres

BUFFALO, N.Y.--The Colorado Avalanche faces the Buffalo Sabres this evening in the last contest of its first road trip of the season, and the team will only make minor adjustments to its lineup.
Forward Vladislav Kamenev will make his season debut for the Avs and will likely skate on a line with Matt Calvert and J.T. Compher.
Patrik Nemeth also returns to the Avalanche's lineup after missing the last two games with a minor upper-body injury. He is expected to be paired on defense with Nikita Zadorov.

Defenseman Mark Barberio and forward Sheldon Dries will be the Avs' healthy scratches.
The rest of Colorado's forward combos and defensive units should remain the same.
Semyon Varlamov will get the start in net. He was in goal for the first two contests of the year and produced a 2-0-0 record, 1.50 goals-against average and .948 save percentage.
Following tonight's meeting in Buffalo, the Avs will return home for one game on Saturday versus the Calgary Flames. Colorado will then head back out to the east coast for four more contests next week.
Below is the Avalanche's projected lineup. All line combinations and defensive pairings are subject to change.

Forwards

92 Gabriel Landeskog - 29 Nathan MacKinnon - 96 Mikko Rantanen\
13 Alexander Kerfoot - 17 Tyson Jost - 22 Colin Wilson
57 Gabriel Bourque - 34 Carl Soderberg - 83 Matt Nieto
11 Matt Calvert - 37 J.T. Compher - 91 Vladislav Kamenev

Defensemen

49 Samuel Girard - 6 Erik Johnson
28 Ian Cole - 4 Tyson Barrie
16 Nikita Zadorov - 12 Patrik Nemeth

Goaltenders

1 Semyon Varlamov
31 Philipp Grubauer
Scratches: 15 Sheldon Dries, 44 Mark Barberio
Injury Report:10 Sven Andrighetto (leg), 18 Conor Timmins (concussion)