GRAND FORKS — No. 4 Denver is playing at No. 5 UND in the series opener of their top-five showdown in Ralph Engelstad Arena. In December, the teams split a two-game series in Magness Arena. The Fighting Hawks won the opener 7-5 and the Pioneers won the series finale 3-2 in overtime.

Time: 7:36 p.m.
Place: Ralph Engelstad Arena.
TV: CBS Sports (GF Ch. 314/635 HD).
Radio: The Fox (96.1 FM).
Stream: www.cbssports.com/watch/cbs-sports-network (for subscribers).

Forwards
18 Jayden Perron—14 Cameron Berg—17 Riese Gaber
26 Dylan James—22 Owen McLaughlin—9 Jackson Blake
27 Louis Jamernik V—8 Jake Schmaltz—21 Ben Strinden
29 Jackson Kunz—11 Griffin Ness—5 Dane Montgomery

Defensemen
7 Garrett Pyke—25 Abram Wiebe
4 Jake Livanavage—20 Keaton Pehrson
6 Logan Britt—2 Bennett Zmolek
15 Nate Benoit

Goaltenders
32 Ludvig Persson
30 Hobie Hedquist
1 Kaleb Johnson

Not in lineup: F Carson Albrecht (upper body), F Hunter Johannes (lower body), D Tanner Komzak

Forwards
6 McKade Webster—13 Massimo Rizzo—4 Jack Devine
14 Rieger Lorenz—15 Carter King—18 Jared Wright
16 Tristan Broz—7 Aidan Thompson—10 Miko Matikka
12 Sam Harris—22 Connor Caponi—29 Tristan Lemyre

Defensemen
2 Sean Behrens—28 Zeev Buium
9 Boston Buckberger—8 Shai Buium
3 Cale Ashcroft—21 Kent Anderson
11 Lucas Olvestad

Goaltenders
35 Matt Davis
1 Freddie Halyk
30 Paxton Geisel

Not in lineup: D Garrett Brown (lower body), F Alex Weiermair, F Kieran Cebrian, F Peter LaJoy, G Jack Caruso

Referees — Nick Krebsbach and Brian Hankes
Linesmen — Tyler Liffrig and Kyle Stephens
Supervisor — Mike Schmitt

As expected, UND is without two forwards due to injury. Hunter Johannes is out with a lower-body injury, while Carson Albrecht is out with an upper-body injury. . . Jayden Perron remains as top-line left wing. He was moved there in the third period Saturday at St. Cloud. Meanwhile, Ben Strinden moves to Perron’s old spot on the third line. Griffin Ness and Dane Montgomery are both in. . . Denver is going with the same lineup as last weekend at Omaha.

Schlossman has covered college hockey for the Grand Forks Herald since 2005. He has been recognized by the Associated Press Sports Editors as the top beat writer for the Herald’s circulation division four times and the North Dakota sportswriter of the year once. He resides in Grand Forks. Reach him at bschlossman@gfherald.com.