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Avalanche lines and D pairs for Vegas tonight*

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*This asterisk is to signify that Cale Makar (upper body) could be a game-time decision to play tonight against the Vegas Golden Knights. Otherwise, Jared Bednar said, the same lineup would be on the ice for Game 2 of a four-game set against the Golden Knights as in Game 1. So, these are the lines and D pairs for the game tonight:

Saad-MacKinnon-Rantanen

Burakovsky-Kadri-Donskoi

Nichushkin-Compher-O’Connor

Megna-Bellemare-Dries

D

Toews-Byram

Gilbert-Timmins

Graves-MacDonald

Grubauer in goal.

Bednar did his Zoom call with the media as some players were still on the ice at the morning skate at T-Mobile Arena. Makar was one of those players, and he said that he would talk to Makar after to see how he felt, whether he’d be able to go or not. So, while it might only seem like a Jim Carrey “so you’re saying there’s a chance” prospect of him playing, maybe he will.

Knowing the Avs as we all do, though, you have to think they’ll want the three days off from game action before putting Makar back out there. This is a big game, but it’s not a must-win game.

Bednar did say that Gabe Landeskog, Tyson Jost and Kiefer Sherwood would all come off the Covid list on Wednesday, and it seems a good possibility that all three will be ready to go for Saturday’s outdoor game at Lake Tahoe. Sam Girard apparently can’t come off the Covid list until Sunday, though, so he’s out til then.

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