Projected Lineups for the Blackhawks vs Avalanche - 3/10/25 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Chicago Blackhawks 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.

BLACKHAWKS (20-35-9) at AVALANCHE (38-24-2)

9 p.m. ET; CHSN+, ALT2, TVAS-D

Blackhawks projected lineup

Colton Dach — Connor Bedard — Jason Dickinson
Teuvo Teravainen — Ryan Donato — Ilya Mikheyev
Landon Slaggert — Frank Nazar — Nick Foligno
Tyler Bertuzzi — Joe Veleno — Lukas Reichel

Alex Vlasic — Wyatt Kaiser
Ethan Del Mastro — Connor Murphy
Alec Martinez — Artyom Levshunov

Spencer Knight
Arvid Soderblom

Scratched: Philipp Kurashev, TJ Brodie, Patrick Maroon, Louis Crevier

Injured: Laurent Brossoit (knee)

Status Report:

Levshunov, the No. 2 pick of the 2024 NHL Draft, will make his NHL debut. He was recalled from Rockford of the American Hockey League on Sunday. … Dickinson will return after missing 11 games because of a high-ankle sprain sustained Feb. 5.

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Avalanche projected lineup

Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Martin Necas
Jonathan Drouin — Brock Nelson — Valeri Nichushkin
Joel Kiviranta — Charlie Coyle — Ross Colton
Miles Wood — Jack Drury — Jimmy Vesey

Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Ryan Lindgren — Josh Manson
Samuel Girard — Erik Johnson

Scott Wedgewood
Mackenzie Blackwood

Scratched: Keaton Middleton, Parker Kelly, Logan O’Connor, Sam Malinski

Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)

Status report:

Johnson, acquired in a trade with the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday, will make his Avalanche season debut in place of Malinski, a defenseman.