The Colorado Avalanche take on the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
AVALANCHE (12-9-0) at LIGHTNING (10-7-2)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, ALT2, TVAS
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Jonathan Drouin
Valeri Nichushkin — Casey Mittelstadt — Mikko Rantanen
Joel Kiviranta — Ivan Ivan — Logan O’Connor
Miles Wood — Parker Kelly– Nikolai Kovalenko
Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Samuel Girard — Josh Manson
Oliver Kylington — Sam Malinski
Justus Annunen
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: John Ludvig, Calvin de Haan, T.J. Tynan
Injured: Ross Colton (broken foot), Gabriel Landeskog (knee)
Status report
- The Avalanche are not expected to make any lineup changes from a 7-4 win at the Florida Panthers on Saturday.
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Lightning projected lineup
Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Cam Atkinson
Gage Goncalves — Conor Geekie — Mitchell Chaffee
Zemgus Girgensons — Luke Glendening — Michael Eyssimont
Victor Hedman — J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Nick Perbix
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Darren Raddysh
Injured: Nick Paul (lower body)
Status report
- Paul, a forward, will miss at least the next three games before he is reevaluated.
- Vasilevskiy did not participate in the morning skate, but is expected to start.
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