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Colorado Avalanche (35-8-9, 79 pts) at Detroit Red Wings (32-17-6, 70 pts)

Venue: Little Caesars Arena
Date: Saturday, January 31
Time: 1:00 pm EST
How To Watch: ABC
Radio: 92.5 ALT Radio/97.1 The Ticket

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Colorado Avalanche News & Notes:

The Avalanche enters today’s game off back-to-back losses, having lost 7-3 to the Canadiens on Thursday. They’re 4-4-2 in their last ten games, averaging 3.6 goals per game while allowing 3.7 goals per game.

Detroit Red Wings News & Notes:

The Red Wings dropped their second straight on Thursday in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Capitals. They’re recorded points in six of their last seven games, averaging 3.1 goals per game while allowing 2.6 goals per game.

Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines:

Lehkonen-MacKinnon-Necas
Olofsson-Nelson-Nichushkin
Colton-Drury-Kiviranta
Bardakov-Kelly-Brindley

Malinski-Makar
Manson-Burns
Girard-Middleton

Wedgewood
Blackwood

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Detroit Red Wings Projected Lines

Kasper-Larkin-Raymond
DeBrincat-Copp-Kane
van Riemsdyk-Compher-Finnie
Soderblom-Rasmussen-Appleton

Bernard Docker-Seider
Chiarot-Sandin Pelikka
Johansson-Hamonic

Gibson
Talbot

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Players To Watch:

Colorado Avalanche

Valeri Nichushkin scored a goal in each game against the Red Wings last season.

Detroit Red Wings

J.T. Compher had a goal and an assist in one of the two games against his former team last year.

Injury Report:

Colorado Avalanche

F Logan O’Connor – Out
D Devon Toews – Out
F Gabriel Landeskog – Out

Detroit Red Wings

D Simon Edvinsson – IR

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