The Colorado Avalanche take on the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
AVALANCHE (33-22-2) at PREDATORS (19-28-7)
6 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, ALT
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Martin Necas
Jonathan Drouin — Casey Mittelstadt — Juuso Parssinen
Miles Wood — Jack Drury — Ross Colton
Joel Kiviranta — Parker Kelly — Logan O’Connor
Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Samuel Girard — Keaton Middleton
Calvin De Haan — Oliver Kylington
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Sam Malinski
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Josh Manson (lower body), Valeri Nichushkin (lower body)
Status report
Nichushkin, a forward, and Manson, a defenseman, each is not traveling on the Avalanche two-game road trip. … MacKinnon, Makar and Toews each is expected to play after winning the 4 Nations Face-Off championship with Canada on Thursday.
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Predators projected lineup
Filip Forsberg — Ryan O’Reilly — Jonathan Marchessault
Steven Stamkos – Fedor Svechkov – Gustav Nyquist
Mark Jankowski — Tommy Novak — Luke Evangelista
Cole Smith — Michael McCarron — Colton Sissons
Roman Josi — Luke Schenn
Brady Skjei – Nick Blankenburg
Andreas Englund — Justin Barron
Juuse Saros
Justus Annunen
Scratched: Adam Wilsby, Kiefer Bellows, Jake Livingstone
Injured: Zachary L’Heureux (upper body), Jeremy Lauzon (lower body)
Status report:
The Predators recalled Bellows, a forward, and and Livingstone, a defenseman, from Milwaukee of the American Hockey League on Friday. … The Predators announced Friday that Wilsby has been placed on injured reserve and will miss the rest of the season with an upper-body injury.
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