Projected Lineups for the Avalanche vs Lightning – 11/25/24

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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