Projected Lineups for Bruins vs Avalanche – 10/18/25

The Boston Bruins take on the Colorado Avalanche at the Ball Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

BRUINS (3-2-0) at AVALANCHE (4-0-1)

9 p.m. ET; KTVD, NESN, ALT

Bruins projected lineup

Pavel Zacha — Elias Lindholm — David Pastrnak
Morgan Geekie — Casey Mittelstadt — Michael Eyssimont
Tanner Jeannot — Fraser Minten — Viktor Arvidsson
John Beecher — Sean Kuraly — Mark Kastelic

Mason Lohrei — Charlie McAvoy
Hampus Lindholm — Andrew Peeke
Nikita Zadorov — Henri Jokiharju

Jeremy Swayman
Joonas Korpisalo

Scratched: Marat Khusnutdinov, Jeffrey Viel, Jordan Harris

Injured: None

Status report

Hampus Lindholm will be a game-time decision after missing three games with a lower-body injury.

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Avalanche projected lineup

Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Martin Necas
Gabriel Landeskog — Brock Nelson — Valeri Nichushkin
Ross Colton — Jack Drury — Victor Olofsson
Parker Kelly — Zakhar Bardakov — Gavin Brindley

Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Josh Manson — Brent Burns
Ilya Solovyov — Sam Malinski

Scott Wedgewood
Trent Miner

Scratched: None

Injured: Mackenzie Blackwood (lower body), Logan O’Connor (hip surgery), Samuel Girard
(upper body), Joel Kiviranta (lower body)

Status report

Kiviranta, a forward, will be out indefinitely. … Bardakov will make his NHL debut. … Blackwood, whose conditioning stint with Colorado of the American Hockey League ended Friday, will not dress; the goalie has not yet played this season.

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