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Colorado Avalanche (2-0-0) at Winnipeg Jets (2-0-1)
Venue: Canada Life Centre
Date: Tonight – Wednesday, October 7
Time: 6:30 pm CST
How To Watch: Amazon Prime
Radio: 680 CJOB
Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster
Colorado Avalanche News & Notes:
Colorado is on game one of a back-to-back series where they intend to keep their season-opening winning streak intact. The Avalanche are also expecting to bring banged-up forward Logan O’Connor and Zachary L’Heureux on the road trip for a potential season debut against Winnipeg.
Winnipeg Jets News & Notes:
Winnipeg is back home for a pair of games, and the first is against the undefeated Colorado Avalanche. The Jets are coming off a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins that included a fiery third period. The Jets will likely look to Stuart Skinner tonight for the start as they continue to play a lot of hockey over the next little bit.
Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines
Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas
Landeskog – Nelson – Kadri
Schwartz – Svechkov – Hughes
Kelly – Roy – L’Heureux
Toews – Makar
Kulak – Malinski
Manson – Burns
Wedgewood
Blackwood
Winnipeg Jets Projected Lines
Connor – Scheifele – Perfetti
Barron – Bjorck – Vilardi
Rosen – Lowry – Iafallo
Koepke – Namestnikov – Lambert
Morrissey – DeMelo
Samberg – Pionk
Ferraro – Bauer
Skinner
Stevenson
Players To Watch:
Colorado Avalanche
Nathan MacKinnon makes his first appearance at Canada Life Centre this season, and he’ll likely be a massive factor for the Avalanche as they search for another win.
Devon Toews has always been a steady defenseman for the Avalanche, and he’ll look to be a key factor for the Avalanche tonight against the Jets.
Winnipeg Jets
Mark Scheifele has been held pointless through his first three games of the season, and it feels like he’s due for a productive game soon.
Tyrel Bauer has been a difference maker for the Jets throughout his first two games. He brings an element of physicality that the Jets lacked in previous seasons, and against a division rival, Bauer can utilize that in the Jets’ favour.
Next game
Colorado Avalanche – October 8 vs Calgary Flames
Winnipeg Jets – October 9 vs Anaheim Ducks