Projected Lineups for the Stars vs. Avalanche – 4/23/25

The Dallas Stars meet the Colorado Avalanche for Game 3 of their first round matchup at Ball Arena this evening. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

STARS (2C) at AVALANCHE (3C)

Western Conference First Round, Game 3

9:30 p.m. ET; Victory+, ESPN, ALT, TVAS2, SN360

Best-of-7 series tied 1-1

Stars Projected Lineup

Mikael Granlund — Roope Hintz — Mikko Rantanen
Mason Marchment — Matt Duchene — Tyler Seguin
Jamie Benn — Wyatt Johnston — Evgenii Dadonov
Oskar Back — Sam Steel — Colin Blackwell

Thomas Harley — Ilya Lyubushkin
Esa Lindell — Cody Ceci
Lian Bichsel — Alexander Petrovic

Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Mavrik Bourque, Mathew Dumba, Brendan Smith

Injured: Miro Heiskanen (knee), Nils Lundkvist (shoulder), Jason Robertson (lower body)

Status report:

Stars coach Pete DeBoer said he was sticking with the same lineup as in Monday’s 4-3 overtime win in Game 1. … According to DeBoer, Heiskanen, a defenseman who is day to day, is “getting closer.”

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Avalanche Projected Lineup

Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Martin Necas
Jonathan Drouin — Brock Nelson — Valeri Nichushkin
Gabriel Landeskog — Charlie Coyle — Joel Kiviranta
Parker Kelly — Jack Drury — Logan O’Connor

Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Samuel Girard — Josh Manson
Ryan Lindgren — Sam Malinski

Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood

Scratched: Erik Johnson, Keaton Middleton, Jimmy Vesey, Miles Wood

Injured: Ross Colton (lower body)

Status Report: 

Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said “we’ll see” when asked whether Landeskog would play in Game 3. The forward left early rather than staying on late to skate with the other healthy scratches. … Malinski is expected to play after missing the first two games as a healthy scratch.

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