Projected Lineups for the Avalanche vs Blackhawks – 4/2/25

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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