Nashville Predators @ Colorado Avalanche Game Thread: Two Crucial Points

Maybe not the biggest game of the season, but Nashville needs a huge win nonetheless. Here are your projected lineups via NHL.com:

Nashvile Predators

Filip Forsberg - Mike Ribeiro - James Neal

Colin Wilson - Mike Fisher - Craig Smith

Viktor Stalberg - Matt Cullen - Mike Santorelli

Gabriel Bourque - Calle Jarnkrok - Taylor Beck

Roman Josi - Shea Weber

Mattias Ekholm - Seth Jones

Ryan Ellis - Cody Franson

Pekka Rinne

Carter Hutton

Scratched: Victor Bartley, Anton Volchenkov

Injured: Paul Gaustad (upper body), Eric Nystrom (lower body)

Colorado Avalanche

Gabriel Landeskog - Ryan O'Reilly - Alex Tanguay

John Mitchell - Matt Duchene - Jarome Iginla

Cody McLeod - Marc-Andre Cliche - Dennis Everberg

Jordan Caron - Joey Hishon - Freddie Hamilton

Jan Hejda - Zach Redmond

Nate Guenin - Tyson Barrie

Nick Holden - Brad Stuart

Semyon Varlamov

Reto Berra

Scratched: None