Projected Lineups for Avalanche vs Canucks – 12/16/24 – Hockey Writers – Projected Lineups

The Colorado Avalanche will face the Vancouver Canucks tonight at Rogers Arena. Here are the projected/expected lineups obtained from NHL.com staff writers, freelance writers, and others.

AVALANCHE (18-14-0) at CANUCKS (15-9-5)

10:30 p.m. ET; SNP, ALT

The proposed avalanche

Arthur Lehkonen – Nathan MacKinnon – Mikko Rantanen
Ross Colton – Casey Mittelstadt – Valeri Nichushkin
Joel Kiviranta – Parker Kelly – Logan O'Connor
Tye Felhaber – Ivan Ivan – Chris Wagner

Devon Toews – Cale Makar
Samuel Girard – Sam Malinski
Keaton Middleton – Calvin de Haan

Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood

Scratched: John Ludwig, Givani Smith

Injured: Josh Manson (upper body), Jonathan Drouin (upper body), Oliver Kylington (undisclosed), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head), Miles Wood (upper body)

Status report

• Felhaber will make his NHL debut after signing a two-year contract with the Avalanche on Sunday. … Manson, a defenseman who has missed eight games, skated with his teammates Monday for the first time since being injured Nov. 29 and could return for Colorado's three-game road trip.

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The Canucks propose a plan

Conor Garland – JT Miller – Brock Boeser
Jake DeBrusk – Elias Pettersson – Max Sasson
Danton Heinen – Pius Suter – Kiefer Sherwood
Dakota Joshua – Teddy Blueger – Nils Hoglander

Quinn Hughes – Noah Juulsen
Carson Soucy – Tyler Myers
Erik Brannstrom – Vincent Desharnais

Thatcher Demko
Arturs Silovs

Scratched: Mark Friedman

Injured: Kevin Lankinen (illness), Derek Forbort (illness), Filip Hronek (upper body)

Status report

• Forbort, a defender, and Lankinen, a goalkeeper, will miss the second game in a row. … The Canucks changed their front four after Saturday's 5-1 loss to the Boston Bruins. They also swapped Myers and Juulsen on defense, and Desharnais will replace Friedman, a defenseman, after being scratched for two games.

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