Avalanche vs Stars Projected Lineup – Game 5 – Hockey Writers – Projected Lineup

The Colorado Avalanche will face the Dallas Stars at the American Airlines Center tonight in Game 5 of their second round series. Here are the projected/expected lineups, taken from NHL.com staff writers, independent contacts, and others.

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(3C) AVALANCHE at (1C) STARS

Western Conference Second Round, Game 5

8pm ET; ESPN, SN, TVAS

Dallas leads the 7 series 3-1

The proposed avalanche

Arthur Lehkonen – Nathan MacKinnon – Mikko Rantanen

Zach Parise – Casey Mittelstadt – Jonathan Drouin

Miles Wood – Ross Colton – Joel Kiviranta

Brandon Duhaime – Yakov Trenin – Andrew Cogliano

Devon Toews – Cale Makar

Samuel Girard – Josh Manson

Jack Johnson – Sean Walker

Alexander Georgiev

Justus Annunen

Scratched: Jean-Luc Foudy, Arvid Holm, Caleb Jones, Nikolai Kovalenko, Sam Malinsky, Ivan Prosvetov, Chris Wagner

Injured: Nothing

Status report:

• Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin was placed on Stage 3 of the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program on Monday; under the terms of the plan, he will be suspended without pay for at least six months and will then be eligible to apply for reinstatement.
• Toews will return from a 5-1 loss in Game 4 due to illness.

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The stars propose a plan

Jason Robertson – Tyler Seguin – Logan Stankoven

Jamie Benn – Wyatt Johnston – Joe Pavelski

Mason Marchment – Matt Duchene – Evgenii Dadonov

Craig Smith – Radek Faksa – Sam Steel

Thomas Harley – Miro Heiskanen

Esa Lindell – Chris Tanev

Ryan Suter – Nils Lundkvist

Jake Oettinger

Scott Wedgewood

Scratched: It says Dellandrea

Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Roope Hintz (upper body)

Status report

• Hintz will not play again every day; the first-line center left late in the first period of Game 4 after blocking a shot.

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