Morning Skate Diary
Avs lines, D and goalie for tonight’s rematch with Dallas
Pavel Francouz will get the start in goal for the Avs tonight, when they play the second of a back-to-back series with the Dallas Stars. The Avs won the first one Sunday, 4-0, behind Darcy Kuemper.
Here are the lines and D pairs for the Avs as well:
Landeskog-MacKinnon-Rantanen
Nichushkin-Kadri-Burakovsky
Compher-Newhook-O’Connor
Helm-Jost-Kubel
D
Toews-Makar
J. Johnson-Girard
MacDermid-E. Johnson
NOTEBOOK: So, MacDermid gets another start, with Ryan Murray sitting on D. I hope his inclusion doesn’t offend the people who think hockey has to have the Rules of Queensbury. … Darcy Kuemper is expected to get the start in tomorrow’s game in Vegas. Jack Eichel is slated to make his Golden Knights debut. … Jake Oettinger is slated to get the start for Dallas in goal.