DENVER -- The Devils will continue their Western Conference road trip when they visit the Colorado Avalanche at 9 p.m. Eastern on Friday at Pepsi Center.

Nico Hischier will play after missing the past three games due to illness, and he will jump back onto the top line with Taylor Hall and Kyle Palmieri.

The second and fourth lines will have a different look as a result, and Kevin Rooney will be out as a healthy scratch.

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Defenseman Connor Carrick returned to the team following his conditioning stint in the AHL, but he will not play on Friday as the team keeps him on injured reserve.

Here’s how the Devils will line up against the Avalanche:

FORWARDS

Taylor Hall - Nico Hischier - Kyle Palmieri

Jesper Boqvist - Jack Hughes - Wayne Simmonds

Blake Coleman - Travis Zajac - Nikita Gusev

Miles Wood - Pavel Zacha - Jesper Bratt

DEFENSEMEN

Andy Greene - P.K. Subban

Will Butcher - Sami Vatanen

Mirco Mueller - Damon Severson

GOALIES

Starter: Louis Domingue

Backup: Mackenzie Blackwood

SCRATCHES

F: Kevin Rooney, John Hayden, Michael McLeod

D: Colton White

On IR: D Connor Carrick (broken pinky; recalled from AHL conditioning stint); D Matt Tennyson (upper body)

The Devils will need to make one roster move to open up a spot for Hischier, since he will need to be activated off IR. Devils coach Alain Nasreddine said the Devils will likely send defenseman Colton White back to the AHL to make room.

Carrick is also ready to go at any time. The Devils will likely get him into a couple practices first, and the team could be eying Wednesday’s home game against the Anaheim Ducks as a return date.

Here are game notes via the Devils:

Tonight marks the first of two regular season contests between New Jersey and Colorado. The Avalanche swept the Devils in the 2018-19 regular season series, 2-0-0; 4PTS. New Jersey was 2-9 on the man advantage, and 8-9 on the penalty kill in the two games played. The Avs outscored the Devils, 8-3.

Taylor Hall (1G-2A) led the club in points with one goal and two assists in the regular season series against Colorado. Nico Hischier (1G-1A) tallied two points in one game played against the Avalanche.

Louis Domingue is a career 2-3-0 against Colorado, allowing 13 goals on 156 shots, posting a 2.65 GAA. Mackenzie Blackwood has yet to suit up in a tilt against Colorado.

Nathan MacKinnon (1G-4A) and Nazem Kadri (1G-4A) tallied a club leading five points against New Jersey last season. Andre Burakovsky and Gabriel Landeskog led their club in goals, tallying three each.

Phillip Grubauer played in 120 minutes against the Devils. Grubauer allowed three goals of 53 shots against, posting a 1.50 GAA and 2-0-0 record.

The Devils are 1-3-0 at Pepsi Center and 3-5-0 overall against the Avalanche since the 2015-16 season. New Jersey will matchup with Colardo for the second and final time, Jan. 4 at Prudential Center.

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