Projected Lineups for the Avalanche vs Stars - 4/21/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Colorado Avalanche take on the Dallas Stars in Game 2 in their first-round matchup at the American Airlines Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

AVALANCHE (C3) at STARS (C2)

Western Conference First Round, Game 2

9:30 p.m. ET; Victory+, ESPN, ALT2, TVAS-D, SN360

Colorado leads best-of-7 series 1-0

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Avalanche projected lineup

Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Valeri Nichushkin
Jonathan Drouin — Brock Nelson — Martin Necas
Joel Kiviranta — Charlie Coyle — Miles Wood
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

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Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Ross Colton (lower body)

Status report:

Colorado held an optional morning skate. … Landeskog was activated from injured reserve. Coach Jared Bednar did not confirm any lineup changes or whether Landeskog would play in Game 2. The forward left early rather than staying on late to skate with the other healthy scratches.

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Stars projected lineup

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Mikael Granlund — Roope Hintz — Evgenii Dadonov
Mason Marchment — Matt Duchene — Tyler Seguin
Jamie Benn — Wyatt Johnston — Mikko Rantanen
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)

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Status report

Heiskanen took part in the morning skate for the second game in a row but the defenseman still is considered day-to-day.