The Colorado Avalanche (17-1-6) are back at home to take on the Montreal Canadiens (13-7-3) in their second Nordiques vintage game of the season. Puck drop is scheduled for 1:08 p.m. MT.

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Key Stories to Watch

The Avs ar 12-0-3 in their last 15 games despite seeing their 10-game winning streak end at the hands of the Minnesota Wild on Friday.
Nathan MacKinnon became the first player to reach 40 points on Friday, scoring 19 goals and 22 assists in 24 games. This is the quickest the superstar center has reached 40 points in his career. MacKinnon has 17 points in 19 games and Montreal in his career.
Despite being on pace for more than a hundred points, the Habs are struggling to close out games in regulation. Their victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday was just their eighth regulation win through the first 23 games.
Both teams played early matinee games on Friday before flying in to Denver to set up for an earlier Saturday puck drop.
The Avs are likely going with Mackenzie Blackwood, who is riding a personal two-game shutout streak and has won his ast four starts. Montreal is expected to go with Jakub Dobes, who defeated the Avalanche at Ball Arena last seasom

Season Series

Nov. 29 vs Montreal Canadiens
Jan. 29 at Montreal Canadiens

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Avalanche Injuries

Logan O’Connor (hip, week-to-week)
Valeri Nichushkin (lower body, week-to-week)
Gavin Brindley (lower body, week-to-week)

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Projected Avalanche Lines (Subject to Change)

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

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

Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood

Projected Starters (Subject to Change)

Expected: Mackenzie Blackwood (COL)
Expected: Jakub Dobes (MTL)

Upcoming Milestones

Brock Nelson — needs 1 point for 600, 9 assists for 300
Devon Toews — needs 3 games for 500
Nathan MacKinnon — needs 6 games for 900
Victor Olofsson — needs 6 games for 400

How to Watch

TV: Altitude TV
Radio: 92.5 FM


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