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Nashville Predators @ Colorado Avalanche Game Thread: Let the 1C Era Begin

Ryan Johansen makes his Preds debut as Nashville attempts to quash Colorado's climb in the standings.

By Jonathan Garcia Jan 8, 2016, 8:01pm EST

Here are your projected line combos via NHL.com:

Nashville Predators

Colin Wilson - Ryan Johansen - James Neal

Filip Forsberg - Mike Ribeiro - Calle Jarnkrok

Miikka Salomaki - Mike Fisher - Craig Smith

Eric Nystrom - Paul Gaustad - Austin Watson

Roman Josi - Shea Weber

Mattias Ekholm - Ryan Ellis

Anthony Bitetto - Barret Jackman

Scratched: Viktor Arvidsson, Petter Granberg, Cody Hodgson

Injured: Gabriel Bourque (upper body)

Colorado Avalanche

Alex Tanguay - Nathan MacKinnon - Matt Duchene

Andreas Martinsen - Mikhail Grigorenko - Jarome Iginla

Gabriel Landeskog - Carl Soderberg - Blake Comeau

Cody McLeod - John Mitchell - Jack Skille

Francois Beauchemin - Andrew Bodnarchuk

Nick Holden - Tyson Barrie

Zach Redmond - Nate Guenin

Semyon Varlamov

Injured: Reto Berra (ankle), Erik Johnson (lower body), Ben Street (chest), Brad Stuart (back), Jesse Winchester (head)

Scratched: Chris Wagner