Projected Lineups for the Avalanche vs Kings – 10/07/25

The Colorado Avalanche take on the Los Angeles Kings at Crypto.com Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others

AVALANCHE (0-0-0) at KINGS (0-0-0)

10:30 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN1, TVAS

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 — Joel Kiviranta

Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Sam Malinski — Brent Burns
Samuel Girard — Josh Manson

Scott Wedgewood
Trent Miner

Scratched: Jack Ahcan, Gavin Brindley

Injured: Mackenzie Blackwood (lower body)

Status report

Blackwood, a goalie, did not travel with the Avalanche and is week to week because of an injury sustained during the offseason. 

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Kings projected lineup

Andrei Kuzmenko — Anze Kopitar — Adrian Kempe
Kevin Fiala — Quinton Byfield — Alex Laferriere
Warren Foegele — Phillip Danault — Trevor Moore
Jeff Malott — Alex Turcotte — Joel Armia

Mikey Anderson — Drew Doughty
Joel Edmundson — Brandt Clarke
Brian Dumoulin — Cody Ceci

Darcy Kuemper
Anton Forsberg

Scratched: Jacob Moverare, Samuel Helenius

Injured: Corey Perry (knee), Kyle Burroughs (upper body)

Status report

Laferriere will play after sustaining an undisclosed injury in a preseason game at the Utah Mammoth on Oct. 2. … Burroughs, a defenseman, was placed on injured reserve Sunday after leaving a preseason game against Utah on Sept. 30.

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