PREDATORS (43-26-4) at AVALANCHE (46-21-6)
6 p.m. ET; BSSO, ALT
Predators projected lineup
Filip Forsberg -- Ryan O’Reilly -- Gustav Nyquist
Jason Zucker-- Colton Sissons -- Cody Glass
Mark Jankowski -- Tommy Novak -- Luke Evangelista
Cole Smith -- Michael McCarron -- Kiefer Sherwood
Roman Josi -- Luke Schenn
Ryan McDonagh -- Tyson Barrie
Spencer Stastney -- Jeremy Lauzon
Juuse Saros
Kevin Lankinen
Scratched: Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Anthony Beauvillier
Injured: Dante Fabbro (upper body), Alexandre Carrier (upper body)
Avalanche projected lineup
Jonathan Drouin -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Brandon Duhaime -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Artturi Lehkonen
Miles Wood -- Ross Colton -- Zach Parise
Andrew Cogliano -- Yakov Trenin -- Jean-Luc Foudy
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Samuel Girard -- Josh Manson
Jack Johnson -- Sean Walker
Alexandar Georgiev
Justus Annunen
Scratched: Caleb Jones, Joel Kiviranta
Injured: Valeri Nichushkin (lower body)
Status report
Saros has started 11 of the past 13 games; he was pulled following the second period after allowing six goals on 27 shots in an 8-4 loss at the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday. ... Georgiev has started seven of the past 10 games; he made 23 saves in a 3-2 shootout loss to the New York Rangers on Thursday.
