Nazem Kadri will return to the Avalanche lineup Wednesday when Philadelphia visits the Pepsi Center, but
Philipp Grubauer isn’t quite ready.
GAME NOTES
Grubauer, who sustained a lower-body injury Saturday in Boston, practiced Tuesday and took part in an optional morning skate Wednesday, but the Avalanche recalled
Adam Werner from the Colorado Eagles after the skate.
Pavel Francouz will start. He made 28 saves Monday in the Avalanche’s 5-4 overtime loss to Calgary, after which coach
Jared Bednar described his performance as “subpar” but he’s gone 5-0-1 in his past eight appearances with a 2.36 goals-against average and .926 save percentage.
Kadri missed the past three games with a lower-body injury, practiced Tuesday and said he is good to go after the morning skate.
“If this was playoff time maybe you’d see a lot of guys play through these injuries, but the fact of the matter is, it’s not,” Kadri said. “It’s a smart time to take some time and rest up because these are things that could linger in the future and you don’t want to make it worse.”
Vladislav Kamenev is the lone healthy scratch.
Cale Makar, who sustained an upper-body injury Saturday in Boston, skated for the second day in a row while wearing a no-contact jersey. He won’t play against the Flyers and Bednar said he is “doubtful” for Friday against New Jersey. He has been stickhandling but not shooting.
The projected lineup:
FORWARDS
Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Andre Burakovsky -- Nazem Kadri -- Joonas Donskoi
Matt Calvert -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare – Valeri Nichushkin
Matt Nieto -- Tyson Jost -- J.T. Compher
DEFENSE
Nikita Zadorov -- Samuel Girard
Ryan Graves -- Ian Cole
Calle Rosen -- Mark Barberio
GOALIES
Pavel Francouz
Adam Werner
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