PITTSBURGH — will start in goal against the on Monday and the Avalanche will again go with an 11-forward, seven-defenseman lineup for the third consecutive game.
First-year Avs winger , the first pick of the 2012 draft, by Edmonton, will be scratched for the third consecutive game, but this time because of illness. He was the only player to not participate in Monday’s morning skate at PPG Paints Arena.
Defenseman Erik Johnson, who left late in the third period of Saturday’s 7-3 win at Florida after blocking a shot, is at full-strength. Goalie Semyon Varlamov, who played the first two games on this four-game trip, will start in Tuesday’s finale at the .
Jared Bednar here in Pittsburgh
— Mike Chambers (@MikeChambers)
AVALANCHE LINEUP
Forwards:
Landeskog-MacKinnon-Rantanen
Jost-Kerfoot-Compher
Nieto-Soderberg-Comeau
Wilson-Andrighetto
Scratched: Bourque, Yakupov (illness)
Defensemen:
Barberio-Johnson
Nemeth-Barrie
Lindholm-Zadorov-Girard
Scratched: Siemens
In goal:
Bernier
Varlamov
Sam Girard on his declining ice time and moving forward
— Mike Chambers (@MikeChambers)
