DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche will be coming into today’s game with a dramatically different looking lineup than their last game. Recent acquisitions Brock Nelson and Charlie Coyle will be looking to make their Avalanche debuts and maybe we will see the return of fan-favorite Erik Johnson. Colorado last played the San Jose Sharks and flew past them with little effort in their 7–3 victory. The Toronto Maple Leafs made a splash yesterday by landing defenseman Brandon Carlo, a long sought after blue liner by the Avalanche.
Tonight, the current wild card Avalanche will battle the second place Maple Leafs on Hockey Night in Canada. Colorado will look to continue their four-game win streak while the Leafs look to recover from the Vegas flu.
Colorado Avalanche (37-24-2) Previous Game
The Colorado Avalanche welcomed Alexandar Georgiev and the San Jose Sharks to town but not give him the best of homecomings. Cale Makar racked up the points as he had two goals and four assist for a record setting night. He was the first defenseman to have a six-point night since Paul Coffey on March 14, 1986.
Nathan MacKinnon set himself for a chance to break the 1,000 career point mark tonight by having a five-point night against the Sharks.
Martin Necas continued to show his worth as he contributed a goal in the victory and Josh Manson returned to the fold after being out for a month.
Colorado Avalanche Lines
Artturi Lehkonen – Nathan MacKinnon – Martin Necas
Jonathan Drouin – Brock Nelson – Valeri Nichushkin
Ross Colton – Charlie Coyle – Logan O’Connor
Joel Kiviranta – Jack Drury – Jimmy Vesey
Devon Toews – Cale Makar
Sam Girard – Josh Manson
Ryan Lindgren – Keaton Middleton
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood
Scratches: Parker Kelly, Sam Malinski, Miles Wood, Erik Johnson
Toronto Maple Leafs (38-21-3) Previous Game
The Maple Leafs had a rough one for their last game against the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday. Vegas scored five unanswered goals to start through the first two periods before Toronto could crawl back with two goals. Joseph Woll started in net for the Leafs but was pulled after just 14:31 and four goals on five shots on goal.
Toronto Maple Leafs Lines
Mattew Knies – Auston Matthews – Mitch Marner
Pontus Holmberg – John Tavares – William Nylander
Max Domi – Scott Laughton – BobbyMcMann
Steven Lorentz – David Kampf – Calle Jarnkrok
Morgan Rielly – Brandon Carlo
Jake McCabe – Simon Benoit
Oliver Ekman-Larsson – Philippe Myers
Anthony Stolarz
Joseph Woll
Scratches: Dakota Mermis, Ryan Reaves
Game Details
Time: 5 p.m. MT
Watch: Channel 20, Altitude Sports
Listen: Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM
