The Athletic’s Peter Baugh reports that the Avalanche will be without Darcy Kuemper in the net due to COVID-19.
Darcy Kuemper has entered COVID-19 protocol, per the Avs. Pavel Francouz will start.
Earlier in the day, Andre Burakovsky and J.T. Compher were also added by Colorado to the NHL’s COVID protocols. They all join teammate Devon Toews, who was added to the COVID-19 list on Tuesday. Adding insult to injury, the Avs will have to play with eleven forwards and six defensemen because of cap restraints.