The Vancouver Canucks 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.
CANUCKS (36-29-13) at AVALANCHE (48-27-4)
9 p.m. ET; KUSA, ALT, SNP
Canucks projected lineup
Nils Hoglander — Pius Suter — Conor Garland
Jake DeBrusk — Max Sasson — Brock Boeser
Dakota Joshua — Aatu Raty — Kiefer Sherwood
Drew O’Connor — Teddy Blueger — Linus Karlsson
Quinn Hughes — Elias Pettersson
Marcus Pettersson — Filip Hronek
Derek Forbort — Victor Mancini
Kevin Lankinen
Thatcher Demko
Scratched: None
Injured: Tyler Myers (undisclosed), Filip Chytil (concussion), Noah Juulsen (lower body), Elias Pettersson (upper body), Nils Aman (upper body)
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Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen — Brock Nelson — Valeri Nichushkin
Joel Kiviranta — Charlie Coyle — Martin Necas
Miles Wood — Parker Kelly — Jimmy Vesey
Chris Wagner — Jack Drury — Logan O’Connor
Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Samuel Girard — Sam Malinski
Keaton Middleton — Erik Johnson
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: None
Injured: Nathan MacKinnon (undisclosed), Ryan Lindgren (upper body), Ross Colton (upper body), Jonathan Drouin (lower body), Josh Manson (upper body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)
Status report
MacKinnon, a center, won’t play Thursday and could miss the final two regular-season games for the Avalanche this weekend for rest and an undisclosed injury. … Necas will return after missing three games with an upper-body injury. … Girard will play after missing four games with a lower-body injury. … Drouin is day to day; the forward will miss his fourth consecutive game. … Lindgren, a defenseman, will not play.
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