Avalanche at Predators

AVALANCHE (50-24-7) at PREDATORS (42-31-8)

Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Evan Rodrigues -- J.T. Compher -- Valeri Nichushkin
Alex Newhook -- Lars Eller -- Logan O'Connor
Alex Galchenyuk -- Ben Meyers -- Matt Nieto
Devon Toews -- Samuel Girard
Jack Johnson -- Bowen Byram
Brad Hunt -- Erik Johnson
Pavel Francouz
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Josh Manson (lower body), Cale Makar (lower body), Darren Helm (lower body), Andrew Cogliano (upper body), Denis Malgin (undisclosed)
Predators projected lineup
Zach Sanford -- Cody Glass -- Philip Tomasino
Kiefer Sherwood -- Tommy Novak -- Luke Evangelista
Yakov Trenin -- Colton Sissons -- Juuso Parssinen
Rasmus Asplund -- Mark Jankowski -- Michael McCarron
Ryan McDonagh -- Dante Fabbro
Tyson Barrie -- Jake Livingstone
Spencer Stastney -- Cal Foote
Kevin Lankinen
Juuse Saros
Scratched: Kevin Gravel
Injured: Mark Borowiecki (upper body), Filip Forsberg (upper body), Ryan Johansen (upper body), Alexandre Carrier (upper body), Roman Josi (upper body), Matt Duchene (hand), Jeremy Lauzon (upper body), Cole Smith (upper body)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate after playing Thursday. ... Landeskog, a forward who has not played this season, will not return for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. ... Makar, a defenseman, will miss his seventh straight game. ... Forwards Cogliano and Malgin each was injured in a 4-2 win against the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday. ... Georgiev made 18 saves Thursday. ... Saros made 21 saves in a 4-3 overtime win against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday.