Preseason Lineup: Avalanche at Wild

CENTENNIAL, Colo.--The Colorado Avalanche continues its exhibition slate tonight, taking on the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
It is the first game of a back-to-back set for the Avs, who return home to host the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday. The Avalanche is set to play three home games and three road games during the preseason, facing the Golden Knights, Wild and Dallas Stars twice each (once at home, once on the road).

This evening's roster consists primarily of rookies as seven of the 20 players set to compete for Colorado having yet to make their NHL debuts--forwards Shane Bowers, Gabriel Fontaine, Jean-Luc Foudy, Oskar Olausson and Andreas Wingerli along with defenseman Justin Barron and goaltender Justus Annunen.
Foudy will play in his first-ever NHL preseason outing and is one of four players on the Avs roster that are dressing in their first exhibition games of the year.
Darcy Kuemper and Justus Annunen are the goaltenders that will dress for this evening's matchup. The duo split time in net last Thursday when the Avs hosted the Wild at Ball Arena and picked up a 6-4 win.
Below is tonight's preseason game rosters for the Avalanche. It is subject to change.

Colorado Avalanche Roster

Preseason (Oct. 4, 2021)
| 35 | Darcy Kuemper | G | | 60 | Justus Annunen | G | | 4 | Bowen Byram | D | | 9 | Dylan Sikura | C | | 10 | Roland McKeown | D | | 11 | Mikhail Maltsev | C/LW | | 15 | Shane Bowers | C | | 18 | Alex Newhook | C | | 22 | Stefan Matteau | C | | 27 | Oskar Olausson | RW | | 28 | Ryan Murray | D | | 37 | J.T. Compher | C/LW | | 40 | Artem Anisimov | C | | 41 | Gabriel Fontaine | LW | | 44 | Kiefer Sherwood | LW | | 56 | Kurtis MacDermid | D | | 63 | Andreas Wingerli | LW | | 72 | Justin Barron | D | | 88 | Andreas Englund | D | | 93 | Jean-Luc Foudy | C | | No. | Name | Pos. | | --- | --- | --- |