LAS VEGAS – J.T. Compher will play right wing with center Nathan MacKinnon and left wing Gabe Landeskog at even-strength Friday afternoon against the Vegas Golden Knights. Compher replaces Mikko Rantanen, who is sidelined with a lower-body injury.
“I like the way our lines played on that road trip and we had some success last year with Compher playing with those guys and that’s going to be our first go-to for tomorrow night,” Avs coach Jared Bednar told the media in Denver before the Avs flew here Thursday afternoon. “We’re open to change. We just want to give this a crack before we go to anything else.