Other than in goal, where Semyon Varlamov gets the start, the Avalanche will use the lineup against Nashville on Tuesday at the Pepsi Center that they did Saturday in their 3-2 win in Arizona.
Here are the GAME NOTES.
The Predators have gone 0-2-1 in the first three games of a five-game road trip and are 1-5-1 since a season-opening 3-2 win against Chicago, but this team is going to break out eventually.
"They're a good team," Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said after the morning skate. "They've struggled to find their rhythm a little bit here early."
Bednar used the Avalanche's 3-0 loss in Washington on Oct. 18 as an example of what can happen if they aren't ready to play against a good team that hasn't been at the top of its game.
"Their big guns were off the board and we saw what happened there when we weren't ready to go," he said. "We're looking at the start, we'd like to play with a lead and keep them down if we can. This is a dangerous team and we can't give them any room out there."
The Predators were outscored 13-4 in the first three games of their trip, and are coming off a 4-1 loss to San Jose on Saturday. They allowed five power-play goals in nine shorthanded situations in the three games while going 1-of-9 on power plays.
"You can't just focus on one thing," coach Peter Laviolette said. "You can't just focus on getting the first goal or playing a good first period. We have to play a good 60 minutes, we need to play a complete game, be physically sharp, be mentally sharp."
Varlamov has an 11-5-1 career record against Nashville with two shutouts, a 2.98 goals-against average and .905 save percentage. He made 20 saves in his last start, Friday's 1-0 home loss to Winnipeg.
Defenseman Fedor Tyutin practiced for the second day in a row Tuesday and is close to returning from his groin injury.
"I think he's probably ready to go, but he's been off the ice for quite some time," Bednar said. "We were looking back at the past couple games at the way our D-corps has played, so we're going to give him a few more skates before we get him in a game."
Pekka Rinne is expected to start in goal for the Predators. He's gone 15-7-2 against the Avalanche with one shutout, a 2.33 average and .912 save percentage.
Here's the Avalanche lineup:
FORWARDS Gabriel Landeskog -- Matt Duchene -- Jarome Iginla Mikhail Grigorenko -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen Rene Bourque -- Carl Soderberg -- Blake Comeau Andreas Martinsen -- John Mitchell -- Joe Colborne
DEFENSE Nikita Zadorov -- Erik Johnson Patrick Wiercioch -- Tyson Barrie Francois Beauchemin -- Eric Gelinas
GOALIES Semyon Varlamov Calvin Pickard
Scratched: Cody McLeod
Injured: Fedor Tyutin (groin)