Projected Lineups for the Flames vs Avalanche – 03/31/25

The Colorado Avalanche welcome the Calgary Flames to Ball Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. 

FLAMES (34-26-12) at AVALANCHE (45-26-3)

8:30 p.m. ET; KTVD, ALT, Prime

Flames Projected Lineup

Yegor Sharangovich — Nazem Kadri — Martin Pospisil
Jonathan Huberdeau — Morgan Frost — Matt Coronato
Joel Farabee — Mikael Backlund — Blake Coleman
Ryan Lomberg — Kevin Rooney — Adam Klapka

Joel Hanley — MacKenzie Weegar
Kevin Bahl — Rasmus Andersson
Jake Bean — Daniil Miromanov

Dan Vladar
Dustin Wolf

Scratched: Dryden Hunt, Brayden Pachal

Injured: Connor Zary (lower body)

Status Report: 

Pospisil and Andersson didn’t participate in the morning skate but are expected to play

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Avalanche Projected Lineup

Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Jonathan Drouin
Valeri Nichushkin — Brock Nelson — Martin Necas
Jimmy Vesey — Charlie Coyle — Ross Colton
Parker Kelly — Jack Drury — Logan O’Connor

Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Ryan Lindgren — Sam Malinski
Erik Johnson — Samuel Girard

Scott Wedgewood
Mackenzie Blackwood

Scratched: Miles Wood, Keaton Middleton

Injured: Joel Kiviranta (lower body), Josh Manson (upper-body injury), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)

Status report:

Kiviranta, a forward, will miss his third straight game; he’s day to day. … Johnson will play after missing two games with a lower-body injury.

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