The Colorado Avalanche takes on the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
AVALANCHE (46-26-4) at BLUE JACKETS (34-30-9)
7:30 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, ALT
Avalanche projected lineup
Jonathan Drouin — Nathan MacKinnon — Artturi Lehkonen
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
Keaton Middleton — Erik Johnson
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Miles Wood, Kevin Mandolese, Samuel Girard, Jimmy Vesey
Injured: Josh Manson (upper body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)
Status report:
The Avalanche did not travel until Thursday morning because of weather issues following a 3-2 shootout win at the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday. … Forwards Necas and Drouin each was injured Wednesday; Necas left briefly in the third period because of a neck injury after falling face-first into the back of Blackhawks center Frank Nazar but returned to score the winning goal. Drouin left in the first period and did not return because of a lower-body injury.
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Blue Jackets projected lineup
Dmitri Voronkov — Sean Monahan — Kirill Marchenko
Boone Jenner — Adam Fantilli — Kent Johnson
Cole Sillinger — Justin Danforth — Mathieu Olivier
Zach Aston-Reese — Sean Kuraly — Luke Kunin
Zach Werenski — Dante Fabbro
Denton Mateychuk — Ivan Provorov
Erik Gudbranson — Jack Johnson
Elvis Merzlikins
Daniil Tarasov
Scratched: Jordan Harris, Christian Fischer, Yegor Chinakhov, James van Riemsdyk, Jack Williams, Jake Christiansen, Damon Severson
Injured: None
Status report:
Jack Johnson, a healthy scratch the past four games, will go in for Severson, a defenseman.
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