The Colorado Avalanche take on the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
AVALANCHE (41-25-3) at SENATORS (36-26-5)
7 p.m. ET; RDS2, TSN5, ALT
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Martin Necas
Jonathan Drouin — Brock Nelson — Valeri Nichushkin
Joel Kiviranta — Charlie Coyle — Ross Colton
Miles Wood — Jack Drury — Jimmy Vesey
Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Ryan Lindgren — Sam Malinski
Keaton Middleton — Samuel Girard
Scott Wedgewood
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scratched: Erik Johnson, Parker Kelly, Logan O’Connor
Injured: Josh Manson (upper body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)
Status report:
The Avalanche did not conduct a morning skate following a 2-1 loss at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday. … Wood and Vesey each could play after missing the past four games as a healthy scratch. … Middleton, a defenseman, could replace Johnson after missing the past six games as a healthy scratch.
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Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk — Tim Stutzle — Claude Giroux
David Perron — Dylan Cozens — Drake Batherson
Ridly Greig — Shane Pinto — Michael Amadio
Matthew Highmore — Adam Gaudette — Fabian Zetterlund
Jake Sanderson — Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot — Travis Hamonic
Tyler Kleven — Nikolas Matinpalo
Linus Ullmark
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Dennis Gilbert
Injured: Nick Cousins (knee), Nick Jensen (lower body)
Status report:
Jensen will miss his third straight game; the defenseman was on the ice following the Senators morning skate. … Ottawa will dress the same lineup it used in a 6-3 loss at the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday.
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