Avalanche at Devils projected lineups

AVALANCHE (5-3-1) at DEVILS (4-4-0)

7 p.m. ET; KTVD, MSG 2, MSG, ALT

Avalanche projected lineup

Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Martin Necas

Gabriel Landeskog -- Brock Nelson -- Nazem Kadri

Jaden Schwartz -- Fedor Svechkov -- T.J. Hughes

Parker Kelly -- Gavin Brindley

Devon Toews -- Cale Makar

Brett Kulak -- Sam Malinski

Josh Manson -- Brent Burns

Noah Juulsen

Scott Wedgewood

Mackenzie Blackwood

*Scratched: None*

*Injured: Logan O'Connor (lower body), Zachary L'Heureux (upper body), Nicolas Roy (lower body)*

Devils projected lineup

Timo Meier -- Nico Hischier -- Luke Evangelista

Arseny Gritsyuk -- Jack Hughes -- Jesper Bratt

Anthony Mantha -- Evan Rodrigues -- Dawson Mercer

Jesper Boqvist -- Cody Glass -- Connor Brown

Luke Hughes -- Brett Pesce

Jonas Siegenthaler -- Dougie Hamilton

Declan Chisholm -- Johnathan Kovacevic

Jake Allen

Nico Daws

*Scratched: Remi Poirier, Brenden Dillon, Amadeus Lombardi*

*Injured: Nick Bjugstad (upper body)*

Status report

The Avalanche did not hold a morning skate after a 3-2 loss at the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday when they used 11 forwards and seven defensemen. ... Roy will miss his fourth straight game and the forward is considered week to week. ... Brown will make his season debut after sustaining a lower-body injury during training camp Sept. 28, and the forward will replace Lombardi on the fourth line. ... Evangelista will play after missing the past three games because of an illness. ... Bratt missed practice Monday for maintenance. ... Allen will make his second straight start. ... The Devils loaned forward Stefan Noesen to Utica of the American Hockey League on Tuesday.