Projected Lineups for the Stars vs Avalanche – 3/16/25

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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