Projected Lineups for the Avalanche vs Blues – 4/5/25

The Colorado Avalanche take on the St. Louis Blues at the Enterprise Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

AVALANCHE (47-26-4) at BLUES (42-28-7)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNMW, ALT

Avalanche projected lineup

Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Valeri Nichushkin
Jimmy Vesey — Brock Nelson — Ross Colton
Miles Wood — Charlie Coyle — Joel Kiviranta
Parker Kelly — Jack Drury — Logan O’Connor

Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Ryan Lindgren — Sam Malinski
Keaton Middleton — Erik Johnson

Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood

Scratched: None

Injured: Josh Manson (upper body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head), Martin Necas (upper body), Jonathan Drouin (lower body), Samuel Girard (lower body)

Status report

Necas and Drouin, each a forward, and Girard, a defenseman, did not take part in the Avalanche morning skate and each remains day to day.

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Blues projected lineup

Pavel Buchnevich — Robert Thomas — Jimmy Snuggerud
Jake Neighbours — Brayden Schenn — Jordan Kyrou
Zack Bolduc — Oskar Sundqvist — Mathieu Joseph
Alexey Toropchenko — Radek Faksa — Nathan Walker

Cam Fowler — Nick Leddy
Philip Broberg — Justin Faulk
Ryan Suter — Tyler Tucker

Jordan Binnington
Joel Hofer

Scratched: Matthew Kessel

Injured: Colton Parayko (knee), Dylan Holloway (lower body), Alexandre Texier (upper body)

Status report

Holloway, a forward, is week to week after being injured late in the first period of a 5-4 overtime win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday. … Snuggerud will move into a top-six role in his third NHL game. … Joseph will come in for Holloway, a forward, after being a healthy scratch the past two games.

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