After getting back on track with a 7-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens, the Avalanche will face the Vancouver Canucks tonight in Denver. This will be the second of three regular season games between these two teams, with Colorado winning the first game.
Colorado Avalanche (18-1-6)
Colorado’s ten-game winning streak came to an end on Friday when they lost to the Minnesota Wild in a shootout. They then bounced back against the Montreal Canadiens, winning 7-2 as mentioned earlier. Your superstars were your superstars in that game, with Martin Nekas dishing out three assists, but your second line was also very good and did a lot of the heavy lifting, with Brock Nelson and Gabriel Landeskog scoring two goals apiece. Tonight, you need people to step up and compete against the Canucks again. Val Nichushkin is expected to return to the lineup, so the Colorado Eagles haven’t recalled him yet.
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Expected lineup
Artturi Raikkonen – Nathan MacKinnon – Martin Necas
Ross Colton – Brock Nelson – Gabriel Landeskog
Val Nichushkin – Jack Drury – Victor Olofsson
Parker Kelly – Zakhar Bardakov – Joel Kiviranta
Devon Toews as Karl Makar
Josh Manson – Brent Burns
Samuel Girard – Sam Malinsky
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgwood
Vancouver Canucks (10-13-3)
The Canucks come into this game on the other side of the Colorado Island having won just two of their past ten games. That being said, as Colorado learned the last time they beat this team in overtime, they can’t take it lightly. They still have a bunch of talented players on their roster, as well as some that will make you pay for being lazy or making mistakes. To ensure a win tonight, Colorado needs to pay attention to their details and make sure they take this team seriously.
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Expected lineup
Evander Kane / Elias Pettersson / Jack DeBrusk
Brock Boeser – David Kempf – Kiefer Sherwood
Drew O’Connor – Atul Ratty – Jonathan Lekrimaki
Arsdeep Baines – Max Sassen – Linus Carlsson
Quinn Hughes – Philip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson – Tyler Myers
Pierre-Olivier Joseph – Tom Weiland
Kevin Lankinen
Nikita Tropilo
goalkeeper
Although Mackenzie Blackwood got the better of Montreal, Scott Wedgewood is expected to start. For the Canucks, Kevin Lankinen is expected to find the back of the net.
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