Pavel Francouz will make his second career NHL start Saturday when the Avalanche face Tampa Bay in their second game in as many nights.

GAME NOTES.

Pavel Francouz will make his second career start tonight in Tampa.#GoAvsGo pic.twitter.com/heBYXJvgFb

— Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) October 19, 2019

Nathan MacKinnon scored in overtime and Philipp Grubauer made 40 saves in the Avalanche’s 5-4 win against Florida on Friday. MacKinnon, who was listed as questionable because of a sore leg, has at least one point in each of Colorado’s seven games with four goals and six assists.

Andre Burakovsky has seven points (four goals, three assists) in the past five games.

The Avalanche, who overcame 2-0 and 3-1 deficits Friday, are 2-0-1 on the road trip and 6-0-1 overall.

FRIDAY RECAP

The Lightning will be a tough one for the Avalanche, who are playing a difficult opponent on the road in the second game of a back-to-back set.

Francouz had 34 saves in his first start a week ago, a 3-2 overtime win against Arizona at the Pepsi Center in the final game of a four-game homestand.

Coach Jared Bednar told the Avalanche web site he was thinking about making a lineup change from the one he used Friday.

Projected lineup:

FORWARDS
Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Joonas Donskoi -- Nazem Kadri -- Andre Burakovsky
Matt Nieto -- Tyson Jost -- Colin Wilson
Matt Calvert -- J.T. Compher -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare

DEFENSE
Erik Johnson -- Samuel Girard
Cale Makar -- Nikita Zadorov
Ian Cole -- Ryan Graves

GOALIES
Pavel Francouz
Philipp Grubauer



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