The Avalanche (6-9-1) continue their road trip Saturday night, seeking their third win in a row. It won't be easy against a Montreal Canadiens (13-2-2) team that has gone 7-0-1 at the Bell Centre.
Here are the game notes.
The French anthem will be played before the game, along with the U.S. and Canadian anthems, to honor the victims of Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris.
Mikhail Grigorenko will replace suspended Gabriel Landeskog at left wing on the Avalanche's top line with Nathan MacKinnon and Matt Duchene.
Grigorenko took over there Thursday in Boston after Landeskog was ejected for his hit against Brad Marchand and made a nice move and pass to set up Duchene's decisive goal in the Avalanche's 3-2 win.
"I thought they did well together in Boston," coach Patrick Roy told reporters Saturday morning. "I'm curious to see how well they're going to do again."
Grigorenko, who has three assists in 13 games, should play considerably more than the 8:55 he's averaging.
Defenseman Zach Redmond will be scratched. He was called up from San Antonio because Brad Stuart has a back injury. Stuart was placed on injured reserve retroactive to Tuesday.
Duchene has three goals and two assists in the first two games of the trip, with six goals and three assists in the past nine games. MacKinnon has four goals and six assists in 10 games.
Jarome Iginla, who has four goals and two assists in six games, needs one point for 1,240 to pass Peter Stastny into sole possession of 37th place on the NHL's career list. He needs four goals to become the 19th player to reach 600.
Goalie Reto Berra will make his fourth consecutive start. He stopped 50 of 52 shots in the first two games of the trip and leads the NHL in goals-against average (1.58) and save percentage (.948).
Canadiens goalie Carey Price is out with a lower-body injury, so Mike Condon will start. All he's done is post a 6-0-2 record with a 1.73 GAG and .936 save percentage.
Here's the Avalanche lineup:
FORWARDS Mikhail Grigorenko - Nathan MacKinnon - Matt Duchene Blake Comeau - Carl Soderberg - Jarome Iginla Cody McLeod - John Mitchell - Dennis Everberg Andreas Martinsen - Ben Street - Jack Skille
DEFENSE Francois Beauchemin - Erik Johnson Nick Holden - Tyson Barrie Brandon Gormley - Nate Guenin
GOALIES Reto Berra Calvin Pickard