Projected Lineups for the Avalanche vs Predators - 2/22/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Colorado Avalanche take on the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

AVALANCHE (33-22-2) at PREDATORS (19-28-7)

6 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, ALT

Avalanche projected lineup

Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Martin Necas
Jonathan Drouin — Casey Mittelstadt — Juuso Parssinen
Miles Wood — Jack Drury — Ross Colton
Joel Kiviranta — Parker Kelly — Logan O’Connor

Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Samuel Girard — Keaton Middleton
Calvin De Haan — Oliver Kylington

Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood

Scratched: Sam Malinski

Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Josh Manson (lower body), Valeri Nichushkin (lower body)

Status report

Nichushkin, a forward, and Manson, a defenseman, each is not traveling on the Avalanche two-game road trip. … MacKinnon, Makar and Toews each is expected to play after winning the 4 Nations Face-Off championship with Canada on Thursday.

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Predators projected lineup

Filip Forsberg — Ryan O’Reilly — Jonathan Marchessault
Steven Stamkos – Fedor Svechkov – Gustav Nyquist
Mark Jankowski — Tommy Novak — Luke Evangelista
Cole Smith — Michael McCarron — Colton Sissons

Roman Josi — Luke Schenn
Brady Skjei – Nick Blankenburg
Andreas Englund — Justin Barron

Juuse Saros
Justus Annunen

Scratched: Adam Wilsby, Kiefer Bellows, Jake Livingstone

Injured: Zachary L’Heureux (upper body), Jeremy Lauzon (lower body)

Status report:

The Predators recalled Bellows, a forward, and and Livingstone, a defenseman, from Milwaukee of the American Hockey League on Friday. … The Predators announced Friday that Wilsby has been placed on injured reserve and will miss the rest of the season with an upper-body injury.

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