Preseason Lineup: Avalanche vs. Wild

The Colorado Avalanche will ice an almost entirely different lineup for its second preseason outing tonight against the Minnesota Wild at Ball Arena than it did in its first game on Tuesday.
Forward Oskar Olausson and defensemen Jack Johnson and Jacob MacDonald are the only skaters competing against the Wild that also played in the Avs' first exhibition contest, a 4-3 loss at the Vegas Golden Knights.
Four players are set to make their NHL preseason debuts including forwards Alex Newhook, Sampo Ranta and Andreas Wingerli and goaltender Justus Annunen. Ranta and Annunen were both selected by Colorado in the third round of the 2018 draft while Newhook was the Avalanche's first-round pick in 2019. Wingerli had spent his entire career in Sweden prior to signing with Colorado as a free agent this past summer.

Veteran defenseman Erik Johnson will play in his first contest of the preseason after being limited to four games in 2020-21 due to injury.
Goaltenders Darcy Kuemper and Annunen are the netminders that will dress for the outing. Pavel Francouz and Jonas Johansson split time in the crease in the first outing against Vegas.
Below is tonight's preseason game rosters for the Avalanche. It is subject to change.

Colorado Avalanche Roster

Preseason (Sept. 30, 2021)
| 35 | Darcy Kuemper | G | | 60 | Justus Annunen | G | | 3 | Jack Johnson | D | | 6 | Erik Johnson | D | | 9 | Dylan Sikura | C | | 11 | Mikhail Maltsev | C/LW | | 17 | Tyson Jost | C | | 18 | Alex Newhook | C | | 26 | Jacob MacDonald | D | | 27 | Oskar Olausson | RW | | 37 | J.T. Compher | C/LW | | 44 | Kiefer Sherwood | LW | | 48 | Dennis Gilbert | D | | 49 | Samuel Girard | D | | 56 | Kurtis MacDermid | D | | 61 | Martin Kaut | RW | | 63 | Andreas Wingerli | LW | | 75 | Sampo Ranta | LW | | 91 | Nazem Kadri | C | | 92 | Gabriel Landeskog | LW | | No. | Name | Pos. | | --- | --- | --- |