Detroit Red Wings (32-18-6) @ Colorado Avalanche (36-8-9)<\/p>\n
7 p.m. MT | Ball Arena | Watch: KTVD-20, Altitude, Altitude+ | Listen: Altitude Sports Radio (92.5 FM)<\/p>\n
After defeating the Red Wings 5-0 in Detroit on Saturday, Colorado completes its home-and-home against its old rival on Monday when it hosts Pride Night.<\/p>\n
Latest Result (COL): COL 5, DET 0<\/p>\n
Latest Result (DET): COL 5, DET 0<\/p>\n
Saturday Shutout<\/p>\n
Nathan MacKinnon set the Avalanche single-season record with his 13th multi-goal game of 2025-26 while Mackenzie Blackwood posted a 28-save shutout to help the Avalanche defeat the Red Wings 5-0 at Little Caesars Arena on Saturday. Brent Burns, Ross Colton and Parker Kelly all scored for the Avs, while Artturi Lehkonen posted two assists. At 6:44 of the first period, Burns opened the scoring with his 9th goal of the season via a right-circle shot off the rush and tied Bobby Orr for the seventh-most goals by a defenseman in NHL history (270). MacKinnon doubled Colorado\u2019s lead at 10:03 of the first period via a shot from the point through traffic. At 1:24 of the second period, Colton gave the Avs a 3-0 lead with his seventh goal of the season via a shot from the doorstep set up by Brock Nelson\u2019s low-to-high feed. MacKinnon gave the Avs a 4-0 lead and became the first player to reach 40 goals this season with his second tally of the game at 13:33 of the middle frame. Additionally, with that goal, the 295th-even strength tally of his career, MacKinnon passed Michel Goulet for the second-most such goals in franchise history. Kelly made it 5-0 at 7:35 of the third period with his 12th goal of the season via a backhand shot from the left goal line off his own rebound after the original chance was set up by Joel Kiviranta\u2019s feed.<\/p>\n
Leading the Way
\nNate the Great<\/p>\n
MacKinnon leads the NHL in goals (40), is second in points (91) and tied for fourth in assists (51).<\/p>\n
All Hail Cale<\/p>\n
Among NHL defensemen, Cale Makar is tied for third in points (56) while ranking tied for fourth in goals (15) and assists (41).<\/p>\n
Brock & Roll<\/p>\n
Nelson is tied for 10th in the NHL in goals (28).<\/p>\n
Series History<\/p>\n
In 91 previous regular-season games against the Red Wings, the Avalanche has a record of 43-41-1-6. The teams have met three times in the playoffs, with the Avs winning three of the series, including a 4-0 sweep of the Red Wings in the 1996 Western Conference Final.<\/p>\n
Scoring Against the Red Wings<\/p>\n
MacKinnon has posted 35 points (18g\/17a) in 22 games against the Red Wings.<\/p>\n
In 10 contests against Detroit, Makar has recorded 18 points (8g\/10a).<\/p>\n
Nelson has registered 29 points (16g\/13a) in 34 games against the Red Wings.<\/p>\n
Motor City Scorers<\/p>\n
Lucas Raymond leads the Red Wings in points (58) and assists (40) while ranking third in goals (18).<\/p>\n
Alex DeBrincat leads the Red Wings in goals (30), is second in points (57) and third in assists (27).<\/p>\n
Dylan Larkin is second on the team in goals (25) and third in points (48).<\/p>\n
A Numbers Game
\n7<\/p>\n
MacKinnon\u2019s seven seasons of at least 90 points are the third most among active players, trailing Connor McDavid (10) and Sidney Crosby (9).<\/p>\n
3<\/p>\n
Blackwood\u2019s three shutouts this season are tied for the fourth most among NHL goalies.<\/p>\n
3.91<\/p>\n
Colorado\u2019s 3.91 goals per game are the most in the NHL.<\/p>\n
Quote That Left a Mark<\/p>\n
\u201cWell you\u2019ve got two workers that are hard on puck retrievals. Both guys like to get to the net front and do a really good job at the net front. Good forecheckers. And then you\u2019ve got Nate, who can handle the puck and make plays with those guys. So they come up with a lot of pucks in [offensive]-zone play and extend a lot of shifts in [offensive]-zone play with their hard work, physicality [and] relentlessness on the puck. And the longer you play with Nate in the offensive zone, the more chances you\u2019re gonna get. So, it\u2019s a good complementary trio.\u201d<\/p>\n
— Avalanche Head Coach Jared Bednar on Nathan MacKinnon playing on a line with Artturi Lehkonen and Valeri Nichushkin in Saturday\u2019s win against the Red Wings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Detroit Red Wings (32-18-6) @ Colorado Avalanche (36-8-9) 7 p.m. MT | Ball Arena | Watch: KTVD-20, Altitude,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-453571","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}