The Colorado Avalanche (42-10-9) are back at home for the fourth and final meeting against the Minnesota Wild (37-16-10). Puck drop is scheduled for 12:08 p.m. MT and will be nationally televised on TNT. <\/p>\n
Key Stories to Watch<\/p>\n
Nazem Kadri is back. The 2022 Stanley Cup champion makes his return to the Avalanche for the first time since being reacquired on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s unclear where Kadri will slot in. He could play left wing with Brock Nelson and Valeri Nichushkin to load up the top six while Artturi Lehkonen remains out. He can also center the third line and push Nic Roy to the wing with either Gavin Brindley or Joel Kiviranta on the other side. Given the early start and lack of a morning skate, we won\u2019t know until the pregame warm ups begin.<\/p>\n
Bobby Brink, Michael McCarron, and Robby Fabbri all made their debut for the Wild when they defeated the Golden Knights on Friday. It\u2019ll be interesting to see if Nick Foligno or Jeff Petry find their way into the lineup. From the two, it\u2019s more likely we\u2019ll see Foligno.<\/p>\n
This is the last game between the two clubs in the regular season. Colorado is 1-1-1 in the first three games.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s unclear who the Avalanche will play in goal. Mackenzie Blackwood started v.s. Dallas before Scott Wedgewood replaced him and won in relief. <\/p>\n
Season Series<\/p>\n
Nov. 28 at Minnesota Wild (L, 3-2 SO)<\/p>\n
Dec. 21 at Minnesota Wild (W, 5-2)<\/p>\n
Feb. 26 vs Minnesota Wild (L, 5-2)<\/p>\n
March 8 vs Minnesota Wild<\/p>\n
Avalanche Injuries<\/p>\n
Logan O\u2019Connor (undisclosed, indefinitely)<\/p>\n
Artturi Lehkonen (upper body, week-to-week)<\/p>\n
Projected Avalanche Lines (Subject to Change)<\/p>\n
Gabriel Landeskog \u2014 Nathan MacKinnon \u2014 Martin Necas
Nazem Kadri \u2014 Brock Nelson \u2014 Valeri Nichushkin
Ross Colton \u2014 Nicolas Roy\u2014 Gavin Brindley
Parker Kelly \u2014 Jack Drury \u2014 Joel Kiviranta<\/p>\n
Devon Toews \u2014 Cale Makar
Josh Manson \u2014 Brent Burns
Brett Kulak \u2014 Sam Malinski<\/p>\n
Scott Wedgewood
Mackenzie Blackwood<\/p>\n
Projected Starters (Subject to Change)<\/p>\n
Unconfirmed: Scott Wedgewood (COL)<\/p>\n
Unconfirmed: Filip Gustavsson (MIN)<\/p>\n
Upcoming Milestones<\/p>\n
Martin Necas \u2014 needs 1 game for 500<\/p>\n
Josh Manson \u2014 needs 4 points for 200<\/p>\n
Valeri Nichushkin \u2014 needs 5 assists for 200<\/p>\n
Cale Makar \u2014 needs 6 points for 500<\/p>\n
Devon Toews \u2014 needs 7 points for 300<\/p>\n
How to Watch<\/p>\n
TV: TNT, truTV, & HBO Max<\/p>\n
Radio: 92.5 FM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Colorado Avalanche (42-10-9) are back at home for the fourth and final meeting against the Minnesota Wild…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5116],"tags":[193,192,144,5277,5,38,2054,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-493392","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-colorado-avalanche","8":"tag-avalanche","9":"tag-colorado","10":"tag-colorado-avalanche","11":"tag-coloradoavalanche","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-minnesota-wild","14":"tag-nazem-kadri","15":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493392","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=493392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}