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(3C) AVALANCHE at (1C) STARS
Western Conference Second Round, Game 5
8 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN, TVAS
Dallas leads best-of-7 series 3-1
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Zach Parise -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Jonathan Drouin
Miles Wood -- Ross Colton -- Joel Kiviranta
Brandon Duhaime -- Yakov Trenin -- Andrew Cogliano
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Samuel Girard -- Josh Manson
Jack Johnson -- Sean Walker
Alexandar Georgiev
Justus Annunen
Scratched: Jean-Luc Foudy, Arvid Holm, Caleb Jones, Nikolai Kovalenko, Sam Malinsky, Ivan Prosvetov, Chris Wagner
Injured: None
Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson -- Tyler Seguin -- Logan Stankoven
Jamie Benn -- Wyatt Johnston -- Joe Pavelski
Mason Marchment -- Matt Duchene -- Evgenii Dadonov
Craig Smith -- Radek Faksa -- Sam Steel
Thomas Harley -- Miro Heiskanen
Esa Lindell -- Chris Tanev
Ryan Suter -- Nils Lundkvist
Jake Oettinger
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Ty Dellandrea
Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Roope Hintz (upper body)
Status report
Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin was placed in Stage 3 of the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program on Monday; under the terms of the program, he will be suspended without pay for a minimum of six months and then will be eligible to apply for reinstatement. ... Toews will return missing a 5-1 loss in Game 4 due to illness. … Hintz will not play and is day to day; the first-line center left late in the first period of Game 4 after blocking a shot.
