Projected Lineups for the Avalanche vs Lightning – 10/30/24

The Tampa Bay Lightning face the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

LIGHTNING (6-3-0) at AVALANCHE (5-5-0)

9 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, ALT

Lightning projected lineup

Jake Guentzel — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Conor Geekie
Michael Eyssimont — Nick Paul — Mitchell Chaffee
Zemgus Girgensons — Luke Glendening — Cameron Atkinson

Victor Hedman — J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Darren Raddysh

Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson

Scratched: Nick Perbix

Injured: None

Status report:

• Raddysh will enter the lineup. Lightning coach Jon Cooper said.

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Avalanche projected lineup

Nikolai Kovalenko — Nathan MacKinnon — Mikko Rantanen
Ivan Ivan — Casey Mittelstadt — Logan O’Connor
Oliver Kylington — Parker Kelly — Joel Kiviranta
T.J. Tynan — Chris Wagner — Matt Stienburg

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

Kaapo Kahkonen
Alexandar Georgiev

Scratched: John Ludvig, Justus Annunen

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

Suspended: Valeri Nichushkin

Status report

• Kahkonen will start and make his Avalanche debut.
• Colton, a forward, will be out 6-8 weeks with a broken foot.
• Wood, a forward, is expected to be out 7-10 days.
• Kylington, a defenseman, will play as a forward.
• ynan was recalled from Colorado of the American Hockey League on Wednesday and is expected to make his season debut.

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