Semyon Varlamov. (Andy Cross, The Denver Post)
Semyon Varlamov and Calvin Pickard will be the Avalanche goalies suited up for Sunday night’s exhibition game against the Los Angeles Kings at the Pepsi Center.
Varlamov will start and is expected to play the entire game.
Pickard, locked in a competition with Reto Berra to serve as Varlamov’s backup, wasn’t in the lineup for the Avalanche’s two previous exhibitions and Berra played the entire 1-0 loss to Calgary Thursday. Pickard is expected to play the entire game at Calgary Tuesday.
The rest of the lineup against the Kings:
Defensemen
4 Tyson Barrie
5 Nate Guenin
6 Erik Johnson
16 Nikita Zadorov
32 Francois Beauchemin
46 Brandon Gormley
Forwards
7 John Mitchell
8 Jack Skille
9 Matt Duchene
14 Blake Comeau
24 Marc-Andre Cliche
25 Mikhail Grigorenko
27 Andreas Martinson
34 Carl Soderberg
49 Connor Bleackley
58 Patrick Bordeleau
92 Gabe Landeskog
96 Mikko Rantanen
This is the Avalanche’s final home exhibition. After the game at Calgary Tuesday, Colorado is at Anaheim Thursday and at Las Vegas against the Kings Saturday, then opens the regular season against Minnesota at home on Oct. 8.
Among those not suiting up Sunday night are Alex Tanguay, Nathan MacKinnon, Nick Holden, Joey Hishon, Brad Stuart, Borna Rendulic, Zach Redmond, and Cody McLeod.
Colorado’s roster is at 37 after the Avalanche sent centers Colin Smith and Ben Street, plus goalie Roman Will, to San Antonio Sunday.
Terry Frei: tfrei@denverpost.com or @TFrei
