The Colorado Avalanche (52-16-10) continue their homestand against the Vegas Golden Knights (36-26-17). Puck drop is scheduled for 6:15 p.m. MT., and will be broadcast nationally on ABC.<\/p>\n
Key Stories to Watch<\/p>\n
The Avalanche are playing their first of four games remaining on the schedule after locking up the Presidents\u2019 Trophy and home-ice advantage for the entirety of the postseason.<\/p>\n
As a result, head coach Jared Bednar said he will start resting players at some point. It\u2019s unclear which, if any, will sit against Vegas given the lack of a morning skate. We do know that the Avs are still without Cale Makar and Nazem Kadri because of upper-body injuries.<\/p>\n
The Golden Knights still have a lot to play for. They can win the Pacific Division and guarantee home-ice advantage for two rounds. Or they can end up in the 2 vs. 3 matchup as the road team. And if things fall completely off the rails in these last three games, the Golden Knights could fall to the second wildcard spot and be the Avs\u2019 first-round opponent. <\/p>\n
Assuming the goaltender rotation continues, we\u2019ll probably see Scott Wedgewood in goal for the Avalanche with an opportunity to reach 30 wins in a season for the first time in his career. We will also likely see Carter Hart for the Knights. <\/p>\n
Season Series<\/p>\n
Oct. 31 at Vegas Golden Knights (W, 4-2)<\/p>\n
Dec. 27 at Vegas Golden Knights (W, 6-5 SO)<\/p>\n
April 11 vs Vegas Golden Knights<\/p>\n
Donate to the Colorado Hockey Now Playoff Travel Fund via\u00a0PAYPAL BY CLICKING HERE<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0VENMO BY CLICKING HERE<\/a>\u00a0to help our beat writer provide coverage from road games as the Avalanche pursue another Stanley Cup championship<\/p>\n Avalanche Injuries<\/p>\n Cale Makar (upper body)<\/p>\n Nazem Kadri (upper body)<\/p>\n Projected Avalanche Lines (Subject to Change)<\/p>\n Artturi Lehkonen \u2014 Nathan MacKinnon \u2014 Martin Necas Devon Toews\u2014 Sam Malinski Scott Wedgewood Projected Starters (Subject to Change)<\/p>\n Unconfirmed: Scott Wedgewood (COL)<\/p>\n Unconfirmed: Carter Hart (VGK)<\/p>\n Upcoming Milestones<\/p>\n Brock Nelson \u2014 needs 2 games for 1000<\/p>\n Scott Wedgewood \u2014 needs 4 games for 200<\/p>\n Gabriel Landeskog \u2014 needs 5 games for 800<\/p>\n How to Watch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Colorado Avalanche (52-16-10) continue their homestand against the Vegas Golden Knights (36-26-17). Puck drop is scheduled for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[144,5,4,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-550512","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-colorado-avalanche","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-vegas-golden-knights"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116387606954653262","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550512","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=550512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Gabriel Landeskog \u2014 Brock Nelson \u2014 Valeri Nichushkin
Ross Colton \u2014 Nicolas Roy \u2014 Joel Kiviranta
Parker Kelly \u2014 Jack Drury \u2014 Logan O\u2019Connor<\/p>\n
Brett Kulak \u2014 Josh Manson
Nick Blankenburg \u2014 Brent Burns<\/p>\n
Mackenzie Blackwood<\/p>\n