Avalanche at Blues

AVALANCHE (31-10-4) at BLUES (20-19-6)

Avalanche projected lineup
Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Andre Burakovsky
Carl Soderberg -- Tyson Jost -- Valeri Nichushkin
J.T. Compher -- Nazem Kadri -- Martin Kaut
Liam O'Brien -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Kiefer Sherwood
Devon Toews -- Samuel Girard
Ryan Graves -- Cale Makar
Patrik Nemeth -- Conor Timmins
Jonas Johansson
Devan Dubnyk
Scratched: Philipp Grubauer
Injured: Brandon Saad (lower body), Matt Calvert (upper body), Jacob MacDonald (lower body), Logan O'Connor (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol:Joonas Donskoi, Mikko Rantanen
Blues projected lineup
Brayden Schenn -- Ryan O'Reilly -- David Perron
Jaden Schwartz -- Tyler Bozak -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Ivan Barbashev -- Robert Thomas -- Jordan Kyrou
Sammy Blais -- Mike Hoffman
Torey Krug -- Justin Faulk
Jake Walman -- Marco Scandella
Niko Mikkola -- Robert Bortuzzo
Steven Santini
Jordan Binnington
Ville Husso
Scratched:Kyle Clifford, Zach Sanford, Mackenzie MacEachern
Injured:Colton Parayko (upper body), Vince Dunn (upper body)
Status report
Saad, a forward, was injured Saturday and is out 2-4 weeks. Sherwood was recalled from the taxi squad to replace him. ... Grubauer, a goalie, is with the Avalanche in St. Louis and working out off the ice. He is expected to begin skating Tuesday. Grubauer was removed from the NHL COVID-19 protocol list Friday. ... Parayko and Dunn, each defensemen, were injured Saturday and Blues coach Craig Berube said it's not known how much time each will be sidelined. ... Krug will be a game-time decision. ... Santini was recalled from the taxi squad Monday.