The Eastern Canadian road trip continues for the Colorado Avalanche. They take on the Ottawa Senators Wednesday night in the first leg of a back-to-back.

Colorado and Ottawa look to up the ante again after their first game in Ball Arena this season. The Avs took the first game back on January 8 by the score of 8–2.

Colorado Avalanche (35–6–9, 79 pts)

The Avs had a solid get-right game with a good win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday afternoon. Brock Nelson exploded for his first hat trick in burgundy and blue to continue his hot streak.


Jack Drury tacked on the scoring as well, just over a year since his arrival in Denver. Mackenzie Blackwood, who had some struggles in the season-long seven-game home stand, was also solid.

His counterpart, Scott Wedgewood, has joined the team on the road trip and could get the nod in this second leg of the back-to-back. While Devon Toews and Gabriel Landeskog aren’t ready to return yet, Ross Colton could return to action. Keaton Middleton got called up from the Colorado Eagles and will slot in on the blue line as Colorado eyes eclipsing 80 points.

Projected Lines

Victor Olofsson – Nathan MacKinnon – Martin Necas
Artturi Lehkonen – Brock Nelson – Valeri Nichushkin
Taylor Makar – Jack Drury – Gavin Brindley
Zakhar Bardakov – Parker Kelly – Joel Kiviranta

Samuel Girard – Cale Makar
Josh Manson – Brent Burns
Sam Malinski – Keaton Middleton

Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood

Ottawa Senators (24-21-7, 55 pts)

The Senators snapped a short two-game losing streak with a massive win of their own on Sunday. It came over the Vegas Golden Knights in a 7–1 final.

However, don’t let the over .500 record fool you. Ottawa is second-to-last in the Eastern Conference and last in the Atlantic Division. The gap has separated a bit in the East, as they currently sit 10 points back of a postseason spot.

An average of 4–4–2 in their last 10 games will need to be improved if they have any shot of making it to the Stanley Cup Playoffs for a second year in a row. With tons of turmoil around the side, they’ll look to go toe-to-toe with the best team in the league to get a second straight win.

Projected Lines

Drake Batherson – Tim Stutzle – Claude Giroux
Brady Tkachuk – Dylan Cozens – Ridly Greig
Nick Cousins – Shane Pinto – Michael Amadio
Xavier Bourgault – Lars Eller – Fabian Zetterlund

Jake Sanderson – Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot – Nick Jensen
Tyler Kleven – Jordan Spence

James Reimer
Linus Ullmark

Game Details

Time: 5:30 p.m. MT

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