Projected Lineups for the Avalanche vs Stars – 11/29/24

The Colorado Avalanche take on the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

AVALANCHE (13-10-0) at STARS (13-8-0)

9 p.m. ET; MAX, TNT, SNP, SNO, SNE

Avalanche projected lineup

Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Valeri Nichushkin
Valeri Nichushkin — Casey Mittelstadt — Mikko Rantanen
Joel Kiviranta — Ivan Ivan — Logan O’Connor
Chase Bradley — Parker Kelly — Chris Wagner

Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Samuel Girard — Josh Manson
Calvin de Haan — Sam Malinski

Alexandar Georgiev
Justus Annunen

Scratched: John Ludvig

Injured: Jonathan Drouin (upper body), Ross Colton (broken foot), Oliver Kylington (undisclosed), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head), Miles Wood (upper body)

Status report

• Wood, a forward, and Kylington, a defenseman, are being evaluated for injuries and did not make the trip, Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said.
• Wagner was recalled from Colorado of the American Hockey League on Thursday.

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Stars projected lineup

Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz — Wyatt Johnston
Mason Marchment — Matt Duchene — Tyler Seguin
Jamie Benn — Mavrik Bourque — Evgenii Dadonov
Oskar Back — Sam Steel — Colin Blackwell

Miro Heiskanen — Esa Lindell
Thomas Harley — Ilya Lyubushkin
Nils Lundkvist — Alexander Petrovic

Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Brendan Smith, Mathew Dumba

Injured: Logan Stankoven (undisclosed)

Status report

• Stankoven, a forward, will not play after being injured during a 6-2 loss at the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday.
• Hintz will return after missing the game Wednesday with an undisclosed injury.
• Petrovic was recalled from Texas of the AHL on Friday.

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