Avalanche at stars, Western Conference 1. round game 2 preview

Avalanche projected line -up

Arturi Lehkonen – Nathan Mackinnon – Valeri Nichushkin

Jonathan Drouin – Brock Nelson – Martin Necas

Joel Kiviranta – Charlie Coyle – Miles Wood

Parker Kelly – Jack Drury – Logan O’Connor

Devon Toews – Cale Makar

Samuel Girard – Josh Manson

Ryan Lindgren – Sam Malinski

Mackenzie Blackwood

Scott Wedgewood

Scratched: Erik Johnson, Keaton Middleton, Jimmy Vesey, Miles Wood

Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Ross Colton (lower body)

Lineup projected stars

Mikael Granlund – Roope Hintz – Evgenii Dadonov

Mason Marchment – Matt Duchene – Tyler Seguin

Jamie Benn – Wyatt Johnston – Mikko Rantanne

Oskar back – Sam Steel – Colin Blackwell

Thomas Harley – Ilya Lyubushkin

ESA Lindell – Cody Ceci

Lian Bichsel – Alexander Petrovic

Jake Oettinger

Casey Desmith

Scratched: Mavrik Bourque, Mathew Dumba, Brendan Smith

Injured: Miro Heikanen (knee), Nils Lundkvist (shoulder), Jason Robertson (lower body)

Status report

Colorado organized an optional morning skate. … Landeskog was activated from the injured reserve. Trainer Jared Bednar confirmed no changes to the list or whether Landeskog would play in game 2. The striker left early, instead of staying late to skate with the other healthy scratches. … Heikanes took part in the morning skate for the second game in a row, but the defender is still considered daily.

NHL.com Independent correspondent Taylor Baird contributed to this report