DUCKS (2-1-0) at AVALANCHE (0-4-0)

9 p.m. ET; Victory+, KCOP-13, ALT

Ducks projected lineup

Cutter Gauthier — Leo Carlsson — Alex Killorn

Robby Fabbri — Mason McTavish — Trevor Zegras

Brock McGinn — Ryan Strome — Troy Terry

Ross Johnston — Jansen Harkins — Brett Leason

Cam Fowler — Tristan Luneau

Olen Zellweger — Radko Gudas

Pavel Mintyukov — Brian Dumoulin

Lukas Dostal

James Reimer

Scratched: Urho Vaakanainen

Injured: Isac Lundestrom (upper body), John Gibson (appendectomy), Jackson LaCombe (illness)

Avalanche projected lineup

Ross Colton — Nathan MacKinnon — Mikko Rantanen

Nikolai Kovalenko — Casey Mittelstadt — Logan O’Connor

Miles Wood — Parker Kelly — Calum Ritchie

Ivan Ivan — Matt Stienburg — Joel Kiviranta

Oliver Kylington — Cale Makar

Samuel Girard — Josh Manson

Calvin de Haan — Sam Malinski

Alexandar Georgiev

Justus Annunen

Scratched: John Ludvig, Kaapo Kahkonen

Injured: Devon Toews (lower body), Jonathan Drouin (upper body), Artturi Lehkonen (upper body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)

Suspended: Valeri Nichushkin

Status report

Ducks forward Frank Vatrano was designated a non-roster player and is away from the team because of the expected birth of his child. … Johnston and Harkins each will make his season debuts. Harkins was recalled from San Diego of the American Hockey League on Friday. … Colorado held an optional morning skate. … Toews, a defenseman, will miss his third straight game. … Wood, who left a 5-3 loss to Boston on Wednesday during the third period, is healthy and will play.