Projected Lineups for the Wild vs Avalanche – 2/28/25

The Minnesota Wild take on the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

WILD (34-21-4) at AVALANCHE (34-24-2)

9 p.m. ET; FDSNWI, FDSNNO, ALT, SN360, TVAS

Wild projected lineup

Marcus Foligno — Marco Rossi — Mats Zuccarello
Matt Boldy — Frederick Gaudreau — Vinnie Hinostroza
Marcus Johansson — Marat Khusnutdinov — Liam Ohgren
Jakub Lauko — Devin Shore — Yakov Trenin

Jake Middleton — Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin — Jared Spurgeon
Declan Chisholm — Zach Bogosian

Filip Gustavsson
Marc-Andre Fleury

Scratched: Jon Merrill, Brendan Gaunce

Injured: Kirill Kaprizov (lower body), Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body)

Suspended: Ryan Hartman

Status report:

The Wild did not conduct a morning skate Friday following a Minnesota didn’t hold a morning skate following a 6-1 loss at the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday. … Gustavsson is likely to start after Fleury allowed six goals on 31 shots at Utah. … Hartman, a forward, will serve the seventh of an eight-game suspension for roughing Ottawa Senators forward Tim Stutzle during a 6-0 loss Feb. 1.

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Avalanche projected lineup

Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Martin Necas
Jonathan Drouin — Casey Mittelstadt — Valeri Nichushkin
Joel Kiviranta — Jack Drury — Ross Colton
Miles Wood — Parker Kelly — Logan O’Connor

Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Samuel Girard — Oliver Kylington
Calvin de Haan — Sam Malinski

Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood

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Scratched: Keaton Middleton, Juuso Parsinen

Injured: Josh Manson (lower body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)

Status report:

The Avalanche will dress the same lineup they used in a 5-1 win against the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday.

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