Projected Lineups for the Kraken vs Avalanche – 11/5/24

The Seattle Kraken 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.

KRAKEN (5-7-1) at AVALANCHE (5-7-0)

9 p.m. ET; KHN, KONG, ALT, SN1

Kraken projected lineup

Jared McCann — Matty Beniers — Jordan Eberle
Jaden Schwartz — Chandler Stephenson — Andre Burakovsky
Eeli Tolvanen — Shane Wright — Ryan Winterton
John Hayden — Yanni Gourde — Brandon Tanev

Brandon Montour — Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak — Will Borgen
Ryker Evans — Cale Fleury

Philipp Grubauer
Joey Daccord

Scratched: Oliver Bjorkstrand, Joshua Mahura, Tye Kartye

Injured: Vince Dunn (upper body)

Status report

• Bjorkstrand, a forward, is expected to be a healthy scratch.
• Winterton was recalled from Coachella Valley of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. 

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Avalanche projected lineup

Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Mikko Rantanen
Joel Kiviranta — Casey Mittelstadt — Logan O’Connor
Ivan Ivan — Parker Kelly — Nikolai Kovalenko
Nikita Prishchepov — Chris Wagner — T.J. Tynan

Samuel Girard — Cale Makar
Devon Toews — Josh Manson
Calvin de Haan — Sam Malinski

Justus Annunen
Alexandar Georgiev

Scratched: John Ludvig, Oliver Kylington, Kaapo Kahkonen

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

Suspended: Valeri Nichushkin

Status report

•  Lehkonen will make his season debut after missing the first 12 games of the season following offseason shoulder surgery.

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• 3 Surprises From Avalanche’s First Month of the Season
• 3 Takeaways From the Avalanche’s 5-2 Loss to the Predators
• Projected Lineups for the Avalanche vs Predators – 11/2/24