Projected Lineups for the Golden Knights vs Avalanche - 11/27/24 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Vegas Golden Knights 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.

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (14-6-2) at AVALANCHE (12-10-0)

10 p.m. ET; MAX, TNT, ALT, SN360

Golden Knights projected lineup

Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Callahan Burke
Tomas Hertl — Nicolas Roy — Keegan Kolesar
Brett Howden — William Karlsson — Pavel Dorofeyev
Alexander Holtz — Cole Schwindt — Tanner Pearson

Brayden McNabb — Shea Theodore
Alex Pietrangelo — Noah Hanifin
Nicolas Hague — Zach Whitecloud

Adin Hill
Ilya Samsonov

Scratched: Kaedan Korczak, Mason Morelli, Robert Hagg

Injured: Ben Hutton (upper body), Victor Olofsson (lower body), Mark Stone (lower body)

Status report

Pietrangelo will return after missing three games with an upper-body injury.
Karlsson will play after missing a 5-4 shootout win at the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday for the birth of his second child.

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Avalanche projected lineup

Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Mikko Rantanen
Valeri Nichushkin — Casey Mittelstadt — Ivan Ivan
Joel Kiviranta — Parker Kelly — Logan O’Connor
Miles Wood — Chase Bradley — Nikolai Kovalenko

Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Samuel Girard — Josh Manson
Oliver Kylington — Sam Malinski

Alexandar Georgiev
Justus Annunen

Scratched: John Ludvig, Calvin de Haan

Injured: Jonathan Drouin (upper body), Ross Colton (broken foot), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)

Status report

Drouin, a forward, is week to week.
MacKinnon and Wood did not participate in the Avalanche morning skate due to maintenance, but each is expected to play.
Bradley was recalled from Colorado of the American Hockey League on Sunday and will make his NHL debut.