The trade deadline frenzy isn\u2019t the only hockey-related thing happening today! In fact, the Colorado Avalanche and Central Division rival Dallas Stars are set to face eachother for the first time since October 11, 2025. It feels like it\u2019s been that long, and although there\u2019s probably not much to take away from a game last calendar year, Dallas did win 5-4 in a SO.<\/p>\n
Colorado Avalanche: (39-10-9)<\/p>\n
The Opponent: Dallas Stars (38-14-9)<\/p>\n
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Time: 6:00 p.m. MT<\/p>\n
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The Avalanche have some work left to do at the deadline (potentially), but have already done a bit by adding Nick Blankenburg from the Nashville Predators and Nicolas Roy from Toronto. Roy was seen skating with the team this morning, so he will likely make his debut wearing the number ten jersey.<\/p>\n
The Avalanche have quietly won three games in a row and look to extend that in a massively important divisional matchup. Colorado has dominated the top spot in the Central, but both Dallas and Minnesota have been able to just about keep pace, lying in wait for the Avalanche to drop a few.<\/p>\n
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Gabriel Landeskog<\/a> \u2014 Nathan MacKinnon<\/a> \u2014 Martin Necas<\/a> Devon Toews<\/a> \u2014 Cale Makar<\/a> MacKenzie Blackwood Dallas Stars<\/p>\n The Stars are keeping right up with solid play despite not having Mikko Rantanen since the Olympic break. Most thought that loss would hit them hard, but old friend Matt Duchene and Sam Steele have supplemented his scoring and are leading the way right now.<\/p>\n Dallas\u2019 netminder Jake Oettinger seems to rise to the occasion when matched up with Colorado, contrary to what we see from other netminders. Oettinger may have been pulled last postseason, but he was probably Dallas\u2019 best player throughout the Dallas vs. Colorado series.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Projected Lineup:<\/p>\n Jason Robertson<\/a> \u2014 Roope Hintz<\/a> \u2014 Wyatt Johnston<\/a> Esa Lindell<\/a> \u2014 Miro Heiskanen<\/a> Jake Oettinger Follow along in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The trade deadline frenzy isn\u2019t the only hockey-related thing happening today! In fact, the Colorado Avalanche and Central…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5116],"tags":[32525,48698,193,1772,3592,1034,1116,4808,1801,192,144,5277,147,1543,4521,7,18209,5,3316,515,424,3733,1036,1544,1123,862,2876,5583,270,423,231,3728,517,4,19340,1337,11749,6295,1716,1351,4520,3367,2565,2392,3922,1531],"class_list":{"0":"post-492621","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-colorado-avalanche","8":"tag-adam-erne","9":"tag-altitude-sports-radio","10":"tag-avalanche","11":"tag-brent-burns","12":"tag-brett-kulak","13":"tag-brock-nelson","14":"tag-cale-makar","15":"tag-casey-desmith","16":"tag-colin-blackwell","17":"tag-colorado","18":"tag-colorado-avalanche","19":"tag-coloradoavalanche","20":"tag-dallas-stars","21":"tag-devon-toews","22":"tag-esa-lindell","23":"tag-gabriel-landeskog","24":"tag-gavin-brindley","25":"tag-hockey","26":"tag-ilya-lyubushkin","27":"tag-jack-drury","28":"tag-jake-oettinger","29":"tag-jamie-benn","30":"tag-joel-kiviranta","31":"tag-josh-manson","32":"tag-mackenzie-blackwood","33":"tag-mason-marchment","34":"tag-matt-duchene","35":"tag-mavrik-bourque","36":"tag-mikko-rantanen","37":"tag-miro-heiskanen","38":"tag-nashville-predators","39":"tag-nathan-bastian","40":"tag-nathan-mackinnon","41":"tag-nhl","42":"tag-nick-blankenburg","43":"tag-nicolas-roy","44":"tag-nils-lundkvist","45":"tag-parker-kelly","46":"tag-roope-hintz","47":"tag-ross-colton","48":"tag-sam-malinski","49":"tag-sam-steel","50":"tag-scott-wedgewood","51":"tag-thomas-harley","52":"tag-valeri-nichushkin","53":"tag-wyatt-johnston"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492621","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=492621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Ross Colton<\/a> \u2014 Brock Nelson<\/a> \u2014 Valeri Nichushkin<\/a>
Parker Kelly<\/a> \u2014 Jack Drury<\/a> \u2014 Joel Kiviranta
Zakhar Bardakov<\/a> \u2014 Nicolas Roy<\/a> \u2014 Gavin Brindley<\/a><\/p>\n
Josh Manson<\/a> \u2014 Brent Burns<\/a>
Brett Kulak<\/a> \u2014 Sam Malinski<\/a><\/p>\n
Scott Wedgewood<\/p>\n
Sam Steel<\/a> \u2014 Matt Duchene<\/a> \u2014 Jamie Benn<\/a>
Adam Erne<\/a> \u2014 Justin Hryckowian<\/a> \u2014 Mavrik Bourque<\/a>
Colin Blackwell<\/a> \u2014 Oskar Back<\/a> \u2014 Nathan Bastian<\/a><\/p>\n
Thomas Harley<\/a> \u2014 Nils Lundkvist<\/a>
Lian Bichsel<\/a> \u2014 Ilya Lyubushkin<\/a><\/p>\n
Casey DeSmith<\/p>\n