After a frustrating 5-2 loss against the Ottawa Senators last night, the Colorado Avalanche turn right around today and take on the Montreal Canadiens on the second leg of a back-to-back. This will be the second and final regular-season game between these two teams, with the Avs having won the first game by a final score of 7-2.<\/p>\n
Colorado Avalanche (35-7-9)<\/p>\n
As previously mentioned, Colorado opened their back-to-back yesterday against the Ottawa Senators and lost by a final score of 5-2. Overall, there just was not a ton of effort in that game from the Avs, and you could tell that pretty early on, when they got outshot by 14-4 in the first period alone. Tonight, hopefully, they can find their legs early on in this game and get a win against the Canadiens here tonight.<\/p>\n
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Projected Lineup<\/p>\n
Victor Olofsson \u2013 Nathan MacKinnon \u2013 Martin Necas
Artturi Lehkonen \u2013 Brock Nelson \u2013 Valeri Nichushkin
Taylor Makar \u2013 Jack Drury \u2013 Gavin Brindley
Zakhar Bardakov \u2013 Parker Kelly \u2013 Joel Kiviranta<\/p>\n
Sam Malinski \u2013 Cale Makar
Josh Manson \u2013 Brent Burns
Keaton Middleton \u2013 Samuel Girard<\/p>\n
Scott Wedgewood
Mackenzie Blackwood<\/p>\n
Montreal Canadiens (29-17-7)<\/p>\n
The Canadiens currently sit at fourth overall in the Atlantic Division and occupy the first wild card spot in the Eastern Conference as well. Despite that, like it\u2019s been all year, there are a handful of teams that are right there with the Canadiens in the playoff race. Every point counts for this team, who are hoping to make it back to the playoffs again this year, and they\u2019re looking to get another very important two points against the Avs here tonight. They have goal-scorers throughout their lineup, so Scott Wedgewood will have to be sharp tonight to give Colorado a chance to pull out a win.<\/p>\n
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Projected Lineup<\/p>\n
Cole Caufield \u2013 Nick Suzuki \u2013 Alexandre Texier
Juraj Slafkovsky \u2013 Oliver Kapanen \u2013 Ivan Demidov
Zack Bolduc \u2013 Jake Evans \u2013 Kirby Dach
Josh Anderson \u2013 Phillip Danault \u2013 Brendan Gallagher<\/p>\n
Mike Matheson \u2013 Noah Dobson
Lane Hutson \u2013 Alexandre Carrier
Kaiden Guhle \u2013 Arber Xhekaj<\/p>\n
Jakub Dobes
Sam Montembeault<\/p>\n
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