NHL Game Preview: Vancouver Canucks at Colorado Avalanche with Line Combinations 4/10/2025

Kevin Lankinen in the net for the Vancouver Canucks
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Vancouver Canucks at Colorado Avalanche

Venue: Ball Arena
Date: Monday, March 31
Time: 7:30 pm CST
TV: ESPN+ / SNP / KUSA / ALT
Radio:
Vancouver – Sportsnet 650 AM
Colorado – Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM / 950 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Vancouver: +1.5 ML -135
Colorado: -1.5 ML +114
O/U 5.5

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Vancouver Canucks News & Notes:

With the Canucks officially eliminated from the playoffs, all eyes turn toward the next season. There is still uncertainty around head coach Rick Tocchet, and there are plenty of roster questions left unanswered. This offseason will be another organization changing summer as the Canucks look to move on from players like Brock Boeser and Thatcher Demko.

Colorado Avalanche News & Notes:

Gabriel Landeskog was loaned to the AHL Colorado Eagles for a conditioning stint. He last played with the Avalanche back in 2022. With two games left after this evening, it’s unlikely Landeskog will see the ice during the regular season. If he makes his return in the first round of the playoffs, the Avalanche will get an immense boost.

Vancouver Canucks Projected Lines

Hoglander-Suter-Garland
DeBrusk-Sasson-DeBrusk
Joshua-Raty-Sherwood
O’Connor-Blueger-Karlsson

Hughes-Hronek
M.Pettersson-Mancini
Forbort-E.N.Pettersson

Lankinen
Demko

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Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines

Lehkonen-Nelson-Necas
Wood-Coyle-Nichushkin
Kiviranta-Kelly-O’Connor
Vesey-Drury-Wagner

Toews-Makar
Girard-Malinski
Middleton-Johnson

Blackwood
Wedgewood

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Players To Watch

Vancouver Canucks

Quinn Hughes is having a down year after missing time with an injury. Hughes has four points in his last five games and is looking to get his game together down the stretch.

Colorado Avalanche

Nathan MacKinnon has seven points in the last five games and is tied with Nikita Kucherov at 116 points for the league lead. As MacKinnon rests in the last few games, there will be a battle down the stretch for the NHL points leader. Cale Makar has three goals in the last five games.

Injury Report:

Vancouver Canucks

C Filip Chytil – Out
D Noah Juulsen – IR
C Elias Pettersson – Out
D Tyler Myers – DTD
C Nils Aman – DTD

Colorado Avalanche

Tucker Poolman – IR
Josh Manson – Out
C Ross Colton – Out
C Nathan Mackinnon – Out
D Ryan Lindgren – Out

Next Up

Vancouver Canucks: April 12 vs. Minnesota Wild
Colorado Avalanche: April 12 at Los Angeles Kings

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