Projected Lineups for the Golden Knights vs Avalanche – 04/08/25

The Colorado Avalanche host the Vegas Golden Knights at Ball Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. 

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (47-22-8) at AVALANCHE (47-27-4)

9:30 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN360

Golden Knights Projected Lineup

Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Mark Stone
Brandon Saad — Brett Howden — Pavel Dorofeyev
Victor Olofsson — William Karlsson – Reilly Smith
Tanner Pearson — Nicolas Roy — Keegan Kolesar

Brayden McNabb — Shea Theodore
Nicolas Hague — Alex Pietrangelo
Noah Hanifin — Zach Whitecloud

Akira Schmid
Adin Hill

Scratched: Cole Schwindt, Ben Hutton, Kaedan Korczak

Injured: Tomas Hertl (upper body), Ilya Samsonov (upper body)

Status Report: 

Hertl participated in the Golden Knights morning skate but the forward is expected to miss his eighth straight game.

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Avalanche Projected Lineup

Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Valeri Nichushkin
Joel Kiviranta — Brock Nelson — Ross Colton
Miles Wood — Charlie Coyle — Jimmy Vesey
Parker Kelly — Jack Drury — Logan O’Connor

Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Ryan Lindgren — Sam Malinski
Keaton Middleton — Erik Johnson

Scott Wedgewood
Mackenzie Blackwood

Scratched: Keaton Middleton

Injured: Martin Necas (upper body), Jonathan Drouin (lower body), Samuel Girard (lower body), Josh Manson (upper body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)

Status Report: 

Forwards Necas and Drouin each is day to day and will miss his third consecutive game. … Girard, a defenseman, will miss his fourth straight game.

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