MONTREAL, QC — The Colorado Avalanche wrap up a three-game road trip visiting Eastern Canadian teams. They’ll face the red-hot Canadiens of Montreal on Saturday night at the Bell Centre.

Earlier in the season when these two played at Ball Arena in Denver, it went down to the wire and beyond. On January 4, both teams got a point for going beyond regulation. But the Habs would get the extra point in the shootout. It was an off-night for the Avs and a great game for Jakub Dobes in his second career game.

Last Time Out for the Avalanche

Colorado rebounded after another off-night against the Toronto Maple Leafs in a big way the following night. Four first-period goals propelled the Avs to a big 5-1 win over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.

Last Time Out for the Canadiens

Something just feels right when the Montreal Canadiens are playing meaningful hockey in the latter stages of the season. The Habs are in the midst of a five-game point streak but did fall to the New York Islanders in a shootout on Thursday night in Long Island.

Colorado Avalanche (42-25-3) Projected Lines

Artturi Lehkonen (62) – Nathan MacKinnon (29) – Martin Necas (88)
Jonathan Drouin (27) – Brock Nelson (11) – Valeri Nichushkin (13)
Joel Kiviranta (94) – Charlie Coyle (10) – Ross Colton (20)
Miles Wood (28) – Jack Drury (18) – Jimmy Vesey (26)

Devon Toews (7) – Cale Makar (8)
Ryan Lindgren (55) – Sam Malinski (70)
Keaton Middleton (67) – Erik Johnson (6)

Mackenzie Blackwood (39)
Scott Wedgewood (41)

Montreal Canadiens (33-27-8) Projected Lines

Cole Caufield (13) – Nick Suzuki (14) – Juraj Slafkovsky (20)
Joshua Roy (89) – Alex Newhook (15) – Patrik Laine (92)
Josh Anderson (17) – Christian Dvorak (20) – Brenden Gallagher (11)
Emil Heineman (51) – Jake Evans (71) – Joel Armia (40)

Mike Matheson (8) – Alexandre Carrier (45)
Jayden Struble (47) – Lane Hutson (48)
Arber Xhekaj (72) – David Savard (58)

Sam Montembault (35)
Jakub Dobes (75)

Game Details

Time: 5:00 p.m. MT

Watch: Altitude, KTVD Ch. 20, Altitude+, ESPN+ (Out of Market Only)

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