Projected Lineups for the Avalanche vs Panthers – 11/23/24

The Colorado Avalanche take on the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

AVALANCHE (11-9-0) at PANTHERS (12-7-1)

6 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, ALT

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

Alexandar Georgiev
Justus Annunen

Scratched: John Ludvig, Calvin de Haan, T.J. Tynan

Injured: Ross Colton (broken foot), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)

Status report

• Colorado coach Jared Bednar said after the morning skate he was “talking about some things” in regard to the lineup, but that it would “look similar to last game,” a 2-1 win at the Washington Capitals on Thursday.
• The Avalanche sent goalie Kevin Mandolese to Colorado of the American Hockey League on Friday.

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Panthers projected lineup

Evan Rodrigues — Aleksander Barkov — Sam Reinhart
Eetu Luostarinen — Sam Bennett — Matthew Tkachuk
Carter Verhaeghe — Anton Lundell — Mackie Samoskevich
A.J. Greer — Jesper Boqvist — Jonah Gadjovich

Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola — Dmitry Kulikov
Adam Boqvist — Uvis Balinskis

Sergei Bobrovsky
Spencer Knight

Scratched: Nate Schmidt, Tomas Nosek

Injured: None

Status report

• The Panthers are making some changes after losing four of their past five games. Luostarinen and Verhaeghe will switch places; Nosek, a forward, will be a healthy scratch, and Adam Boqvist returns after being scratched for 10 games.
• Schmidt, a defenseman, will miss his first game since the opener on Oct. 8.

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