The Colorado Avalanche are set to take on the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center in Chicago tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
AVALANCHE (45-26-4) at BLACKHAWKS (21-44-9)
9:30 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, ALT2, SN1, TVAS
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Jonathan Drouin
Valeri Nichushkin — Brock Nelson — Martin Necas
Joel Kiviranta — Charlie Coyle — Ross Colton
Parker Kelly — Jack Drury — Logan O’Connor
Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Ryan Lindgren — Sam Malinski
Erik Johnson – Keaton Middleton
Scott Wedgewood
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scratched: Miles Wood, Kevin Mandolese, Samuel Girard, Jimmy Vesey
Injured: Josh Manson (upper-body injury), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)
Status report:
Kiviranta returns after missing three games because of a lower-body injury …. The Avalanche recalled Mandolose, a goalie, from Colorado of the American Hockey League
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Blackhawks projected lineup
Ryan Donato — Connor Bedard — Ilya Mikheyev
Teuvo Teravainen — Frank Nazar — Tyler Bertuzzi
Landon Slaggert — Oliver Moore — Lukas Reichel
Nick Foligno — Joe Veleno — Patrick Maroon
Alex Vlasic — Sam Rinzel
Wyatt Kaiser — Artyom Levshunov
Ethan Del Mastro — Connor Murphy
Spencer Knight
Arvid Soderblom
Scratched: TJ Brodie, Louis Crevier, Philipp Kurashev, Kevin Korchinski
Injured: Laurent Brossoit (knee), Colton Dach (elbow), Alec Martinez (hip), Jason Dickinson (wrist)
Status report:
The Blackhawks held an optional morning skate.
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