Avalanche lineup tonight: Colorado's projected lineup for game against Ottawa Senators | Oct 27, 2024

On Sunday, the Colorado Avalanche will look to win their fifth straight game after a 5-1 win over the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday, which brought their season record to 4-4-0. Ahead of the game, the Avalanche are dealing with a slew of injuries that have been plaguing their roster.

Currently, defenceman Tucker Poolman, Artturi Lehkonen (LW) and Jonathan Drouin (LW) are all on the injured reserve list. In addition, Sean Behrens is listed as out with an injury, while Valeri Nichushkin is out while serving a suspension.

On top of that, Ross Colton is listed as day-to-day after exiting Thursday's game with a hand injury, while Oliver Kylington is listed as day-to-day as he recovers from an illness.

With that in mind, the team's lines for tonight's game are expected to be as follows:

Forwards:

1. LW Ross Colton - C Nathan MacKinnon - RW Mikko Rantanen
2. LW Nikolai Kovalenko - C Casey Mittelstadt- RW Logan O'Connor
3. LW Miles Wood - C Parker Kelly - RW Joel Kiviranta
4. LW Chris Wagner - C Ivan Ivan - RW Matthew Stienburg

Defensive Pairings:

1. Devon Toews - Cale Makar
2. Sam Girard - Josh Manson
3. Calvin De Haan - Sam Malinski

Goalies:

• Justus Annunen
• Alexandar Georgiev

Powerplay:

1. Casey Mittelstadt, Nathan Mackinnon, Ross Colton, Cale Makar, Rikko Rantanen
2. Miles Wood, Ivan Ivan, Nikolai Kovalenko, Sam Girard, Devon Toews

Penalty Kill:

1. Parker Kelly, Joel Kiviranta, Devon Toews, Cale Makar
2. Matthew Stienburg, Logan O'Connor, Calvin De Haan, Josh Manson

Looking at the Colorado Avalanche's season so far, and the team's schedule for the rest of October

This year, the Colorado Avalanche entered the 2024-25 season as one of the top five teams with the best betting odds to win the Stanley Cup. Despite that, their campaign got off to a slow start with four straight losses.

In their season opener, the team fell to the Vegas Golden Knights on the road, before then losing three straight at home. These losses were to the Columbus Blue Jackets, New York Islanders and Boston Bruins, with Alexandar Georgiev in net for three of those losses.

Then, on Oct. 18, the team was able to secure their first win of the season against the Anaheim Ducks in overtime, before then hitting the road for a three-game stretch.

On Oct. 20, the team faced off against the San Jose Sharks, picking up their second straight win, before then defeating the Seattle Kraken on Oct. 22. Most recently, the team picked up a 5-1 win over the Utah Hockey Club, to bring their season record to 4-4-0.

Following Sunday's clash with the Ottawa Senators, the Avalanche will play the Chicago Blackhawks at home in the second leg of a back-to-back. That will be before closing out the month on Wednesday with a home game against the Tampa Bay Lightning.