Avalanche at Jets preview

AVALANCHE (20-14-8) at JETS (26-13-2)
8 p.m. ET; TSN3, ALT, NHL.TV

The Avalanche are 1-4-2 in their past seven games and ended a six-game losing streak with a 6-1 win against the New York Rangers last Friday. Colorado has scored two goals or fewer in six of its past nine games.
The Jets will look to build off a 5-1 win against the Dallas Stars on Sunday. The Jets, 4-4-0 in their past eight games, have scored at least four goals in two of their past three games.

Players to watch

Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon has eight points (four goals, four assists) in a six-game point streak and 20 points (14 goals, 20 assists) in his past 14 games.
Jets forward Patrik Laine has one goal in his past nine games and three in his past 17 since Dec. 1.

They said it

"They're deep, they don't have a weakness. That's why they went to the conference final last year. They're one of the best teams in the League. We're not as good as Winnipeg, but we can beat anybody any night. They're a proven team and it's going to be tough for us." -- Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon
"A lot of skill. I think they've been doing it the last few years but it seems like, this year, they've really found some serious chemistry together. We'll certainly be aware of when they're on the ice." -- Jets defenseman Tyler Myers on Colorado's top line

Avalanche projected lineup

Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Tyson Jost -- Alexander Kerfoot -- J.T. Compher
Matt Nieto -- Carl Soderberg -- Matt Calvert
Sven Andrighetto - Sheldon Dries -- Logan O'Connor
Samuel Girard -- Erik Johnson
Ian Cole -- Tyson Barrie
Ryan Graves -- Patrik Nemeth
Philipp Grubauer
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched: Gabriel Bourque
Injured: Mark Barberio (upper body), Vladislav Kamenev (shoulder), Colin Wilson (upper body), Nikita Zadorov (lower body)

Jets projected lineup

Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Patrik Laine -- Bryan Little -- Jack Roslovic
Mathieu Perreault -- Adam Lowry -- Brandon Tanev
Brendan Lemieux -- Andrew Copp -- Mason Appleton
Josh Morrissey -- Jacob Trouba
Ben Chiarot -- Joe Morrow
Dmitry Kulikov -- Tyler Myers
Connor Hellebuyck
Laurent Brossoit
Scratched: Nic Petan, Sami Niku
Injured: Dustin Byfuglien (lower body), Nikolaj Ehlers (upper body)

Status report

Wilson could return on the road trip after taking a full-contact practice Monday. … Barberio, Timmins and Zadarov all practiced in non-contact jerseys Monday. .. The Avalanche reassigned goalie Pavel Francouz to Colorado of the American Hockey League on Sunday.

Stat pack

Rantanen has 36 points (12 goals, 24 assists) in his past 23 games. … Landeskog has 19 points (10 goals, nine assists) in his past 16 games. … Wheeler has seven points (one goal, six assists) in his past seven games and 26 points (three goals, 23 assists) in his past 20.