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

The Colorado Avalanche take on the Vancouver Canucks tonight at Rogers Arena. Here are the projected/anticipated lineups from NHL.com staff writers, independent reporters and others.

Avalanche (18-14-0) vs. Canucks (15-9-5)

10:30 PM ET; SNP, ALT

Avalanche projected lineup

Artturi Raikkonen – Nathan MacKinnon – Mikko Rantanen
Ross Colton – Kathy Mittelstadt – Valery Nichushkin
Joel Kiviranta – Parker Kelly – Logan O'Connor
Tye Fairhaber — Ivan Ivan — Chris Wagner

Devon Toews — Karl Makar
Samuel Girard — Sam Malinsky
Keaton Middleton — Calvin de Haan

Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgwood

Scratches: John Ludwig, Giovanni Smith

Injuried: Josh Manson (upper body), Jonathan Drouin (upper body), Oliver Karrington (undisclosed), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Pullman (head), Miles Wood (upper body)

status report

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

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Canucks projected lineup

Connor Garland — JT Miller — Brock Boeser
Jack DeBrusk — Elias Pettersson — Max Sassen
Danton Henin – Pius Suter – Kiefer Sherwood
Dakota Joshua — Teddy Brugger — Niels Hogland

Quinn Hughes — Noah Julson
Carson Soucy — Tyler Myers
Eric Brandstrom — Vincent Deschanes

Thatcher Demko
Artus Silovs

Scratches: Mark Friedman

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

status report

• Defender Forbot and goalie Lankinen will miss their second straight game. … The Canucks replaced all four members of their forward line following Saturday's 5-1 loss to the Boston Bruins. They also swapped defenses for Myers and Juulson, and Desharnais will replace Friedman, who missed two games due to injury.

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