Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\nColorado Avalanche News & Notes<\/p>\n
Colorado closed its stop in Toronto with a 6-3 win, a result driven by Gabriel Landeskog, whose line with Nazem Kadri carried much of the scoring load. The trio drew praise afterward, with their performance described internally as the best of the year. A lineup change the coaching staff made earlier has continued to pay off, and coverage of the game framed the victory as one that still came with warning signs for Colorado. <\/p>\n
Jared Bednar made a defensive adjustment in recent days as he searched for answers on the back end, a change that arrived alongside the forward-group tinkering. Next up is Ottawa, against whom the Avalanche have enjoyed recent success in the series. <\/p>\n
Ottawa Senators News & Notes<\/p>\n
Nick Cousins will be out of the lineup for at least a week after absorbing a hit from Washington\u2019s Jakob Chychrun in Tuesday\u2019s game at Canadian Tire Centre. The Senators have set the timeline at roughly seven to 10 days. Cousins was knocked unconscious on the play, and the collision was reviewed by the NHL\u2019s Department of Player Safety, which deemed the check clean and issued no supplemental discipline. The loss thins an Ottawa forward group that has already been managing multiple absences.<\/p>\n
That game ended 3-2 in overtime, with Washington rookie defenseman Cole Hutson scoring the winner and finishing with two points. Ottawa had the Capitals pushed to the extra period before surrendering the decision. The schedule does not ease up: Colorado visits next, and the Avalanche have had recent success in the season series against Ottawa. <\/p>\n
Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Line 1: Artturi Lehkonen \u2013 Nathan MacKinnon \u2013 Martin Necas<\/p>\n
Line 2: Gabriel Landeskog \u2013 Nazem Kadri \u2013 Nicolas Roy<\/p>\n
Line 3: Jaden Schwartz \u2013 Brock Nelson \u2013 T.J. Hughes<\/p>\n
Line 4: Parker Kelly \u2013 Fedor Svechkov \u2013 Logan O\u2019Connor<\/p>\n
Pair 1: Brett Kulak \u2013 Cale Makar<\/p>\n
Pair 2: Devon Toews \u2013 Sam Malinski<\/p>\n
Pair 3: Noah Juulsen \u2013 Brent Burns<\/p>\n
Goaltenders: Mackenzie Blackwood \u2013 Scott Wedgewood<\/p>\n
Colorado Avalanche Special Teams<\/p>\n
Power play, First unit: T.J. Hughes \u2013 Nazem Kadri \u2013 Martin Necas \u2013 Nathan MacKinnon \u2013 Cale Makar<\/p>\n
Power play, Second unit: Artturi Lehkonen \u2013 Gabriel Landeskog \u2013 Jaden Schwartz \u2013 Devon Toews \u2013 Brock Nelson<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, First unit: Parker Kelly \u2013 Logan O\u2019Connor \u2013 Devon Toews \u2013 Cale Makar<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, Second unit: Nicolas Roy \u2013 Artturi Lehkonen \u2013 Brett Kulak \u2013 Brent Burns<\/p>\n
Ottawa Senators Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Line 1: Fabian Zetterlund \u2013 Tim St\u00fctzle \u2013 Dylan Cozens<\/p>\n
Line 2: Nick Cousins \u2013 Shane Pinto \u2013 Drake Batherson<\/p>\n
Line 3: Michael Amadio \u2013 Ridly Greig \u2013 Claude Giroux<\/p>\n
Line 4: Philip Tomasino \u2013 Stephen Halliday \u2013 Hayden Hodgson<\/p>\n
Pair 1: Jake Sanderson \u2013 Artem Zub<\/p>\n
Pair 2: Thomas Chabot \u2013 Jordan Spence<\/p>\n
Pair 3: Tyler Kleven \u2013 Nikolas Matinpalo<\/p>\n
Goaltenders: Samuel Ersson \u2013 Jackson Parsons<\/p>\n
Ottawa Senators Special Teams<\/p>\n
Power play, First unit: Drake Batherson \u2013 Claude Giroux \u2013 Dylan Cozens \u2013 Tim St\u00fctzle \u2013 Jake Sanderson<\/p>\n
Power play, Second unit: Fabian Zetterlund \u2013 Shane Pinto \u2013 Stephen Halliday \u2013 Philip Tomasino \u2013 Thomas Chabot<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, First unit: Shane Pinto \u2013 Ridly Greig \u2013 Jake Sanderson \u2013 Artem Zub<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, Second unit: Tim St\u00fctzle \u2013 Michael Amadio \u2013 Thomas Chabot \u2013 Nikolas Matinpalo<\/p>\n
Players To Watch<\/p>\n
Nazem Kadri \u2014 Colorado Avalanche<\/p>\n
Kadri had an assist and a game-high five shots last time out, and Box Score Junkie\u2019s 2026-27 numbers back the volume: 60.3% Corsi-for, 73.5 shot attempts for per 60 and 9.7 high-danger xG with him on the ice. Six goals on 6.2 expected suggests no luck involved \u2014 a live shots-on-goal prop.<\/p>\n
Tim St\u00fctzle \u2014 Ottawa Senators<\/p>\n
Stutzle is the one Senator driving play against this Colorado group. Box Score Junkie has him at 54.6% Corsi-for and 60.4 shot attempts for per 60 across 416 minutes this season, with a team-best 12.2 high-danger xG generated. He\u2019s also at 10 goals on 5.6 expected, finishing well above the chances.<\/p>\n
Injury Report<\/p>\n
Colorado Avalanche<\/p>\n
Josh Manson (D) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Ankle, expected back Sunday, December 27<\/p>\n
Zachary L\u2019Heureux (LW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Upper Body, expected back Friday, November 27<\/p>\n
Ottawa Senators<\/p>\n
Nick Cousins (C) \u2014 Out, Upper Body, expected back Thursday, November 19<\/p>\n
Linus Ullmark (G) \u2014 Day-To-Day, Lower Body, expected back Thursday, November 12<\/p>\n
Andre Burakovsky (LW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Lower Body, expected back Friday, November 27<\/p>\n
Warren Foegele (LW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Knee, expected back Wednesday, November 25<\/p>\n
William Eklund (LW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Ankle, expected back Tuesday, January 5<\/p>\n
Betting Odds<\/p>\n
Moneyline (DraftKings, as of November 12 at 4:06\u202fAM ET): Colorado Avalanche -120, Ottawa Senators +100.<\/p>\n
Odds change through the day; check the sportsbook before betting. 21+. Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER.<\/p>\n
Next Up<\/p>\n
Colorado Avalanche: visit the Montr\u00e9al Canadiens on Saturday, November 14.<\/p>\n
Ottawa Senators: visit the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday, November 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inside The Rink Gameday Graphic The Colorado Avalanche visit the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":709838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5104],"tags":[73000,826,144,7,5,5236,3714,2054,4,5573,53,72,25,5157,73,681],"class_list":["post-709837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa-senators","tag-2026-27-nhl-regular-season","tag-canadian-tire-centre","tag-colorado-avalanche","tag-gabriel-landeskog","tag-hockey","tag-injury-report","tag-line-combinations","tag-nazem-kadri","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-game-preview","tag-nick-cousins","tag-ottawa","tag-ottawa-senators","tag-ottawasenators","tag-senators","tag-tim-stutzle"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/117604307909498189","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709837","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=709837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/709838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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