Projected Lineups for the Senators vs Avalanche – 10/27/24

The Ottawa Senators face the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

SENATORS (4-3-0) at AVALANCHE (4-4-0)

9 p.m. ET; ALT, TSN5, RDSI

Senators projected lineup

Brady Tkachuk — Tim Stutzle — Michael Amadio
Claude Giroux — Josh Norris — Drake Batherson
Noah Gregor — Ridly Greig — Nick Cousins
Cole Reinhardt — Adam Gaudette — Zack MacEwen

Jake Sanderson — Travis Hamonic
Thomas Chabot — Nick Jensen
Tyler Kleven — Jacob Bernard-Docker

Anton Forsberg
Linus Ullmark

Scratched: David Perron, Mads Sogaard

Injured: Artem Zub (concussion), Shane Pinto (undisclosed)

Status report

• Ottawa held an optional morning skate.
• Pinto, a forward, is week to week.

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Avalanche projected lineup

Ross Colton — Nathan MacKinnon — Mikko Rantanen
Nikolai Kovalenko — Casey Mittelstadt — Logan O’Connor
Miles Wood — Parker Kelly — Joel Kiviranta
Chris Wagner — Ivan Ivan — Matt Stienburg

Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Samuel Girard– Josh Manson
Calvin de Haan — Sam Malinski

Justus Annunen
Alexandar Georgiev

Scratched: Oliver Kylington, Kaapo Kahkonen, John Ludvig

Injured: Jonathan Drouin (upper body), Artturi Lehkonen (upper body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)

Suspended: Valeri Nichushkin

Status report

• Colorado held an optional morning skate.
• Colton and Wood, who each missed practice Saturday, will play.
• Colorado coach Jared Bednar said Drouin, a forward, is considered day to day at this point.

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