The Colorado Avalanche will finally meet the Minnesota Wild for the first time this season. The Wild are currently on a six-game winning streak, while the Avs have won ten in a row. Colorado sits in first place in the Central Division, with the Wild trailing nine points already. We should expect a fast-paced and heavy-hitting game from both teams since they do not want their streaks to end.

Colorado Avalanche (17–1–5 39pts)

The Avalanche are coming off their tenth-straight win in a 6–0 victory against the San Jose Sharks. It was a game that saw the Avalanche use their entire lineup. They had scoring on the second line, fourth line, defense and, for once, the power-play. Both Sam Malinski and Josh Manson tallied their second goals of the season, while Joel Kiviranta had his first in his return from injury. Goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood had his second consecutive shutout. He now has four wins in five starts with a 1.98 goals-allowed average and .928 save percentage.

Projected Lines

Artturi Lehkonen – Nathan MacKinnon – Martin Necas
Ross Colton – Brock Nelson – Gabriel Landeskog
Parker Kelly – Jack Drury – Victor Olofsson
Ivan Ivan – Zakhar Bardakov – Joel Kiviranta

Devon Toews – Cale Makar
Josh Manson – Brent Burns
Samuel Girard – Sam Malinski

Scott Wedgewood
Mackenzie Blackwood

Minnesota Wild (13–7–4 30pts)

The Wild played in an overtime thriller on Wednesday night against the Chicago Blackhawks. It was a back-and-forth battle the entire game that would see Connor Bedard and Brock Faber both net goals. Even former Avalanche forward Nico Sturm joined in on the fun with his first goal of the season. Kirill Kaprizov would score the deciding goal just over a minute into overtime for his 14 of the year.

Projected Lines

Kirill Kaprizov – Danila Yurov – Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson – Joel Eriksson Ek – Matt Boldy
Marcus Foligno – Nico Sturm – Yakov Trenin
Liam Ohgren – Ben Jones – Tyler Pitlick

Jonas Brodin – Brock Faber
Jacob Middleton – Jared Spurgeon
Zeev Buium – Zach Bogosian

Filip Gustavsson
Jesper Wallstedt

Game Details

Time: 1:30 p.m. MT

Watch: Altitude, Altitude+, FDSNWI (MIN), FDSNNO (MIN), ESPN+ (out of market)

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