St. Louis Blues (32-31-12) @ Colorado Avalanche (50-15-10)\u00a0<\/p>\n
7:30 p.m.\u00a0MT |\u00a0Ball Arena\u00a0| Watch:\u00a0ESPN, ESPN App\u00a0| Listen: Altitude Sports Radio (92.5 FM)\u00a0<\/p>\n
After becoming the first NHL team to reach 50 wins this season, the Avalanche returns to Ball Arena to host the St. Louis Blues on Sunday. This is the second of three regular-season meetings between the Central Division foes, as the Avalanche won 6-1 in Denver on December 31st, and they\u2019ll face off again in St. Louis on April 7th.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Latest Result (COL):\u00a0COL 2, DAL 0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Latest Result (STL):\u00a0STL 6, ANA 2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Two Points in Texas\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scott Wedgewood recorded an 18-save shutout while Martin Necas and Nathan MacKinnon each recorded a tally as the Avalanche defeated the Dallas Stars 2-0 on Saturday at American Airlines Center.\u00a0Brent Burns played in his 1,000th\u00a0consecutive game and Devon Toews recorded the 300th\u00a0point of his NHL career. Necas opened the scoring at 10:39 of the third period with his 36th\u00a0goal of the season via a shot from the right doorstep set up by Artturi Lehkonen\u2019s incredible feed.\u00a0The Avs took a 2-0 lead at 19:02 of the third period when MacKinnon scored his 51st\u00a0goal of the season via an empty-net tally.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leading the Way\u00a0
\nNate the Great\u00a0<\/p>\n
MacKinnon leads the NHL in goals (51) while ranking third in points (122) and assists (71).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Brock &\u00a0Roll<\/p>\n
Brock Nelson is third on the Avalanche in goals (33).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Marty Party\u00a0<\/p>\n
Necas is tied for eighth in the NHL in points (94).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Series History\u00a0<\/p>\n
In 124\u00a0previous\u00a0regular-season games against the Blues, the Avalanche has a record of 64-47-6-7.\u00a0The teams have met three times in the playoffs,\u00a0with the Avs winning the 2001 Western Conference Final in five games, the 2021 First Round in four games and the 2022 Second Round in six games. Colorado also defeated the Blues 2-1 in a 2020 Western Conference Round Robin game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Success in SoCal\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Blues defeated the Anaheim Ducks 6-2 at Honda Center on Friday. Anaheim\u2019s Ryan Poehling opened the scoring at 1:51 of the first period before St. Louis\u2019 Robert Thomas tied the game at 5:24 of the opening frame.\u00a0The Blues took a 2-1 lead when Dylan Holloway scored a power-play goal at 11:18 of the first period before\u00a0Jeffrey Viel tied the game for the Ducks at 16:01 of the opening frame. Jonatan Berggren gave the Blues a 3-2 lead at 18:44\u00a0of\u00a0the first period. St. Louis took a 5-2 second-period lead after goals from\u00a0Pius Suter at 3:08 and Colton Parayko at 16:50. Holloway gave the Blues a 6-2 lead with a power-play goal at 1:22 of the third period.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scoring Against St. Louis\u00a0<\/p>\n
MacKinnon has posted 57 points (21g\/36a) in 51 regular-season games against the Blues, in addition to 17 points (9g\/8a) in 11 playoff contests.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Necas has recorded 10 points (5g\/5a) in 11 contests against St. Louis.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gabriel Landeskog has registered 30 points (7g\/23a) in 48 regular-season games against the\u00a0Blues,\u00a0along with 14 points (5g\/9a) in 11 playoff contests.\u00a0<\/p>\n
St. Louis\u2019 Scorers\u00a0<\/p>\n
Thomas leads the Blues in points (53) and assists (35) while ranking second in goals (18).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Holloway leads the Blues in goals (19) and ranks fourth in points (40).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jordan Kyrou is third on the Blues in points (41), tied for third in goals (17) and tied for fourth in assists (24).\u00a0<\/p>\n
A Numbers Game\u00a0
\n93\u00a0<\/p>\n
On\u00a0Saturday,\u00a0MacKinnon recorded his 93rd\u00a0even-strength point of the 2025-26 campaign, which set a single-season franchise record. He passed his own mark of 92 even-strength points in 2023-24.\u00a0<\/p>\n
8\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sam Malinski\u2019s eight points Since March 24th\u00a0are tied for the fifth most by a defenseman.\u00a0<\/p>\n
7\u00a0<\/p>\n
Colorado\u2019s seven shutouts this season are tied for the third most in the NHL.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Quote That Left a Mark\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Coming into this game, we knew it was a big one. I felt like we played\u00a0really good\u00a0defensively.\u00a0Didn’t\u00a0give up much. PK (penalty kill) was great. [Wedgewood] was unreal.\u00a0We’re\u00a0always going to create something. It\u00a0wasn’t\u00a0our best\u00a0offensively,\u00a0today. But we got it done.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
— Martin Necas on Colorado\u2019s win against Dallas on Saturday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St. Louis Blues (32-31-12) @ Colorado Avalanche (50-15-10)\u00a0 7:30 p.m.\u00a0MT |\u00a0Ball Arena\u00a0| Watch:\u00a0ESPN, ESPN App\u00a0| Listen: Altitude Sports…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5120],"tags":[71,5,4,534,84,5285,5284],"class_list":{"0":"post-541987","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-louis-blues","8":"tag-blues","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-st-louis","12":"tag-st-louis-blues","13":"tag-stlouis","14":"tag-stlouisblues"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116352091695004802","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541987","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=541987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}