NHL Game Preview: Colorado Avalanche at Montreal Canadiens with Line Combinations 3/22/2025

Nick Suzuki skating for the Montreal Canadiens
Photo: John Mahoney Montreal Gazette

Colorado Avalanche (42-25-3, 87 Pts) at Montreal Canadiens (33-27-8, 74 Pts)
Venue: Bell Centre
Date: Tonight – Saturday, March 22
Time: 7:00 pm EST

TV: ESPN+, ALT
Radio:
Colorado – Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM / 950 AM
Montreal – TSN 690

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Colorado
-1.5 ML -198
Montreal +1.5 ML +164
O/U 6

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Colorado Avalanche News & Notes:

The Avalanche are coming off a 5-1 win over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday. Colorado is 19-15-1 on the road this season. The Avs have the NHL’s tenth-ranked power play this season.

Montreal Canadiens News & Notes:

The Canadiens are coming off a 4-3 loss in overtime to the Islanders on Thursday. Montreal is 18-12-4 at home this season. The Habs defeated the Avalanche 2-1 in a shootout in their previous meeting.

Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines

Lehkonen-MacKinnon-Necas
Drouin-Nelson-Nichushkin
Kiviranta-Coyle-Colton
Kelly-Drury-O’Connor

Toews-Makar
Lindgren-Malinski
Middleton-Johnson

Wedgewood
Blackwood

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Montreal Canadiens Projected Lines

Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky
Roy-Newhook-Laine
Anderson-Dvorak-Gallagher
Heineman-Evans-Armia

Matheson-Carrier
Struble-Hutson
Xhekaj-Savard

Montembeault
Dobes

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Players To Watch:

Colorado Avalanche

Nathan MacKinnon has 28 goals and 77 assists for the Avalanche. Valeri Nichushkin has scored seven goals and added four assists over the past ten games.

Montreal Canadiens

Nick Suzuki has 21 goals and 50 assists for the Canadiens. Cole Caufield has six goals and four assists over the last ten games.

Injury Report:

Colorado Avalanche

Tucker Poolman – IR
LW Gabriel Landeskog – LTIR
Josh Manson – Questionable
D Sam Girard – Day to day

Montreal Canadiens

D David Reinbacher – LTIR – Out five to six months
D Kaiden Guhle – Out indefinitely
C Kirby Dach – Out for season

Next Game

Colorado Avalanche – March 25 vs Detroit Red Wings
Montreal Canadiens – March 25 at St. Louis Blues

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