The Colorado Avalanche take on the Dallas Stars at the American Airlines Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
AVALANCHE (C3) at STARS (C2)
Western Conference First Round, Game 1
8:30 p.m. ET; Victory+, MAX, truTV, TNT, ALT, SN360, SN, TVAS
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Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Valeri Nichuskin
Jonathan Drouin — Brock Nelson — Martin Necas
Joel Kiviranta — Charlie Coyle — Ross Colton
Parker Kelly — Jack Drury — Logan O’Connor
Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Samuel Girard — Josh Manson
Ryan Lindgren — Sam Malinski
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Erik Johnson, Keaton Middleton, Jimmy Vesey, Miles Wood
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (knee surgery)
Status report
Each team held an optional morning skate. … Avalanche coach Jared Bednar did not confirm any lineup changes or whether Landeskog would play in Game 1; the forward was on the ice late with the other healthy scratches, indicating he likely will not play.
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Stars projected lineup
Mikael Granlund — Roope Hintz — Evgenii Dadonov
Mason Marchment — Matt Duchene — Tyler Seguin
Jamie Benn — Wyatt Johnston — Mikko Rantanen
Oskar Back — Sam Steel — Mavrik Bourque
Thomas Harley — Ilya Lyubushkin
Esa Lindell — Cody Ceci
Lian Bichsel — Alexander Petrovic
Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Colin Blackwell, Mathew Dumba, Brendan Smith
Injured: Miro Heiskanen (knee), Nils Lundkvist (shoulder), Jason Robertson (lower body)
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Status report
Robertson, a forward, is week to week after being injured in the Stars’ regular-season finale, a 5-1 loss at the Nashville Predators on Wednesday. … Heiskanen is day to day; the defenseman, who has not played since Jan. 28, joined Dallas for the first time since his injury at the morning skate. … Bichsel and Petrovic each was recalled from Texas of the American Hockey League on Friday.
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