Projected Lineups for Avalanche vs Devils – 12/8/24

The Colorado Avalanche take on the New Jersey Devils tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

AVALANCHE (15-13-0) at DEVILS (18-9-2)

7 p.m. ET; NHLN, ALT2, MSG, TVAS

Avalanche projected lineup

Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Mikko Rantanen
Ross Colton — Casey Mittelstadt — Valeri Nichushkin
Joel Kiviranta — Ivan Ivan — Logan O’Connor
Nikolai Kovalenko — Parker Kelly — Chris Wagner

Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Samuel Girard — Sam Malinski
Calvin de Haan — John Ludvig

Scott Wedgewood
Alexandar Georgiev

Scratched: Keaton Middleton, Nikita Prishchepov

Injured: Josh Manson (upper body), Jonathan Drouin (upper body), Oliver Kylington (undisclosed), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head), Miles Wood (upper body)

Status report

• The Avalanche did not hold a morning skate after a 2-1 win at the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday.
• Colton returned to the lineup Saturday and had three shots on goal in 13:16 after missing 17 games with a broken foot.

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Devils projected lineup

Ondrej Palat — Jack Hughes — Jesper Bratt
Timo Meier – Nico Hischier — Stefan Noesen
Erik Haula — Dawson Mercer — Tomas Tatar
Paul Cotter — Justin Dowling — Nathan Legare

Brenden Dillon — Dougie Hamilton
Jonas Siegenthaler — Johnathan Kovacevic
Luke Hughes — Brett Pesce

Jake Allen
Jacob Markstrom

Scratched: Nick DeSimone, Kurtis MacDermid

Injured: Nathan Bastian (jaw), Curtis Lazar (knee)

Status report

• The Devils held an optional morning skate.

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