The Dallas Stars take on the Colorado Avalanche in Colorado at Ball Arena this afternoon. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
STARS (42-21-2) at AVALANCHE (40-24-3)
3:30 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, ALT, SN, TVAS
Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz — Mikko Rantanen
Mason Marchment — Matt Duchene — Mikael Granlund
Jamie Benn — Wyatt Johnston — Evgenii Dadonov
Oskar Back — Mavrik Bourque — Sam Steel
Thomas Harley — Ilya Lyubushkin
Esa Lindell — Cody Ceci
Brendan Smith — Matt Dumba
Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Kyle Capobianco, Colin Blackwell
Injured: Miro Heiskanen (knee), Nils Lundkvist (shoulder), Tyler Seguin (hip), Lian Bichsel (illness)
Status report:
Hintz could return after missing two games with a facial injury; he was a full participant at practice Saturday.
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Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Martin Necas
Jonathan Drouin — Brock Nelson — Valeri Nichushkin
Joel Kiviranta — Charlie Coyle — Ross Colton
Parker Kelly — Jack Drury — Logan O’Connor
Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Ryan Lindgren — Josh Manson
Samuel Girard — Sam Malinski
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Keaton Middleton, Miles Wood, Jimmy Vesey, Erik Johnson
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)
Status report:
Rantanen will face his former team for the first time; he was acquired by Dallas in a trade with the Carolina Hurricanes on March 7 after the Hurricanes acquired him from the Avalanche in a three-team trade Jan. 24.
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