The Colorado Avalanche take on the Minnesota Wild at the Xcel Energy Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
AVALANCHE (39-24-2) at WILD (36-24-4)
8 p.m. ET; FDSNNO, ALT
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Martin Necas
Jonathan Drouin — Brock Nelson — Valeri Nichushkin
Joel Kiviranta — Charlie Coyle — Ross Colton
Miles Wood — Jack Drury — Jimmy Vesey
Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Ryan Lindgren — Josh Manson
Samuel Girard — Erik Johnson
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Keaton Middleton, Parker Kelly, Logan O’Connor, Sam Malinski
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)
Status Report:
The Avalanche did not conduct a morning skate following a 3-0 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday. … Blackwood could start after Wedgewood made 20 saves Monday.
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Wild projected lineup
Gustav Nyquist — Ryan Hartman — Matt Boldy
Marcus Johansson — Frederick Gaudreau — Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Foligno — Marco Rossi — Vinnie Hinostroza
Yakov Trenin — Devin Shore — Justin Brazeau
Jake Middleton — Brock Faber
Declan Chisholm — Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill — Zach Bogosian
Filip Gustavsson
Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched: David Jiricek, Brendan Gaunce
Injured: Kirill Kaprizov (lower body), Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body), Jonas Brodin (lower body)
Status report:
Gustafsson will start after Fleury made 19 saves in a 3-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday.
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