Colorado Avalanche (37-9-9) @ Utah Mammoth (30-23-4)\u00a0<\/p>\n
7 p.m. MT | Delta Center | Watch: Altitude, Altitude+ | Listen: Altitude Sports Radio (950 AM)\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Avalanche begins a stretch\u00a0of five games in seven days with a matchup against the Utah Mammoth on Wednesday. This is the fourth and final regular-season meeting between\u00a0the teams, as the Avs won 2-1 in Denver on October\u00a09th,\u00a0the Mammoth won 4-3 in overtime in Utah on October 21st and Colorado won 1-0 at home on December 23rd.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Latest Result (COL):\u00a0SJS 2, COL 4\u00a0<\/p>\n
Latest Result (UTA):\u00a0DET 1, UTA 4\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winning Wednesday\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Avalanche defeated the San Jose Sharks 4-2 on Wednesday, February 4th\u00a0at Ball Arena. Artturi Lehkonen scored twice, Nathan MacKinnon recorded the 700th\u00a0and 701st\u00a0assists of his career\u00a0while Josh Manson and Brock Nelson each added a goal. In net for the Avs, Mackenzie Blackwood stopped\u00a023 of the 25 shots he faced.\u00a0Colorado opened the scoring at 1:05 of the second period when Lehkonen scored his 18th\u00a0goal of the season via a shot in a net-front scramble. Lehkonen doubled the Avs\u2019 lead at 15:47 of the middle frame with his second goal of the game and 19th\u00a0of the season via a right-circle one-timer set up by MacKinnon\u2019s cross-ice feed. The Sharks tied the game after third-period tallies from Timothy Liljegren at 43 seconds via a one-timer from the top of the right circle and Philipp Kurashev at 3:34 via a left-circle shot off the rush.\u00a0While the teams were playing at four-on-four, Manson gave the Avs a 3-2 lead at 12:44 of the third period with his fifth goal of the season via a one-timer from the point. Nelson gave Colorado a 4-2 lead at 18:43 of the third period with his 29th\u00a0goal of the season via an empty-net tally.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leading the Way\u00a0
\nNate the Great\u00a0<\/p>\n
MacKinnon leads the NHL in goals (40), is second in points (93) and tied for third in assists (53).\u00a0<\/p>\n
All Hail Cale\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cale Makar is tied for fourth among NHL defensemen in points (57) and assists (42) while ranking tied for fifth\u00a0among blueliners in goals (15).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Brock & Roll\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nelson is\u00a0tied for 10th\u00a0in the NHL in goals (29).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Series History\u00a0<\/p>\n
In six\u00a0previous\u00a0regular-season games against the Mammoth, the Avalanche has a\u00a0record of\u00a04-1-1.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A Win Against the Wings\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Mammoth defeated the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 at Delta Center on Wednesday, February 4th. In the first period, the Mammoth took a 2-0 lead after Sean Durzi scored at 57\u00a0seconds\u00a0and Nick Schmaltz added a power-play tally at 8:11. Dylan Guenther gave\u00a0Utah a 3-0 lead at 4:40\u00a0of\u00a0the third period. Detroit made it 3-1 when Dylan Larkin scored\u00a0on the power play at 15:52 of the final frame. The Mammoth took a 4-1 lead at 17:42\u00a0of\u00a0the third period when Clayton Keller scored an empty-net goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Making Plays Against the Mammoth\u00a0<\/p>\n
MacKinnon has posted six points (2g\/4a) in six games against the Mammoth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In four contests against Utah, Necas\u00a0has recorded\u00a0three points (2g\/1a).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Makar has registered three points (2g\/1a) in six games against the Mammoth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scoring in Salt Lake City\u00a0<\/p>\n
Keller leads the Mammoth in points (54) and assists (37) while ranking fourth in goals (17).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Guenther leads the Mammoth in goals (25), is third in points (47) and fifth in assists (22).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Schmaltz is second on the Mammoth in goals (23), assists (30)\u00a0and points (53).\u00a0<\/p>\n
A Numbers Game\u00a0
\n51<\/p>\n
Necas 51 even-strength points this season are tied for the fifth most in the NHL.\u00a0<\/p>\n
.908\u00a0<\/p>\n
Colorado\u2019s .908 team save percentage on the road is tied for the second highest in the NHL.\u00a0<\/p>\n
13\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nelson\u2019s 13 goals since January 1st\u00a0are tied for the most in the NHL.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Quote That Left a Mark\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cJust super happy to be here, be back here. [I] missed these guys. Obviously, it was nice with the national team [at The Winter] Olympics\u00a0[on a] big stage.\u00a0But,\u00a0we [have] got some work to do here, and\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0excited.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
— Martin Necas on being back in Colorado after participating at Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colorado Avalanche (37-9-9) @ Utah Mammoth (30-23-4)\u00a0 7 p.m. MT | Delta Center | Watch: Altitude, Altitude+ |…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":471153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5,4,51,5290,232,5291,5289],"class_list":{"0":"post-471152","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-utah-hockey-club","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-nhl","10":"tag-utah","11":"tag-utah-hc","12":"tag-utah-hockey-club","13":"tag-utahhc","14":"tag-utahhockeyclub"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116131371910726100","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}