Avalanche at Blues

AVALANCHE (31-9-4) at BLUES (19-19-6)

Avalanche projected lineup
Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Andre Burakovsky
Carl Soderberg -- Nazem Kadri -- J.T. Compher
Brandon Saad -- Tyson Jost -- Valeri Nichushkin
Liam O'Brien -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Martin Kaut
Devon Toews -- Samuel Girard
Ryan Graves -- Cale Makar
Patrik Nemeth -- Conor Timmins
Devan Dubnyk
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Logan O'Connor, Jacob MacDonald, Philipp Grubauer
Injured: Matt Calvert (upper body)
COVID 19 protocol: Joonas Donskoi, Mikko Rantanen
Blues projected lineup
Sammy Blais -- Ryan O'Reilly -- David Perron
Mike Hoffman -- Brayden Schenn -- Jordan Kyrou
Jaden Schwartz -- Robert Thomas -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Kyle Clifford -- Tyler Bozak -- Ivan Barbashev
Marco Scandella -- Colton Parayko
Torey Krug -- Justin Faulk
Jake Walman -- Vince Dunn
Jordan Binnington
Ville Husso
Scratched: Zach Sanford, Robert Bortuzzo, Niko Mikkola, Mackenzie MacEachern
Injured: None
Status report
Grubauer was removed from COVID-19 protocol Friday but the goalie is expected to miss his third straight game. ... Forwards Donskoi and Rantanen remain out. ... O'Connor is available to play after missing nine games with a lower-body injury. ... Thomas will return after missing four games with a shoulder injury. ... Krug took had a maintenance day Friday but will play Saturday. ... MacEachern is available after missing 16 games with an upper-body injury.