Calgary Flames (31-34-8) @\u00a0Colorado Avalanche\u00a0(48-14-10)\u00a0<\/p>\n
6:30 p.m.\u00a0MT |\u00a0Ball Arena\u00a0| Watch:\u00a0Altitude, Altitude+\u00a0| Listen: Altitude Sports Radio (92.5 FM)\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Avalanche kicks off its final 10-game stretch of the regular season with a matchup against the Calgary Flames on Monday. This is the first of three regular-season meetings between the teams, as\u00a0they\u2019ll\u00a0play in Denver on April 9th\u00a0and in Calgary on April 14th.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Latest Result (COL):\u00a0WPG 4, COL 2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Latest Result (CGY):\u00a0VAN 3, CGY 7\u00a0<\/p>\n
Defeat in Denver\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Avalanche lost 4-2 to the Winnipeg Jets at Ball Arena on Saturday. Brock Nelson and Parker Kelly scored for Colorado while Cale Makar recorded his 500th-career NHL points with an assist. Winnipeg\u2019s Gabriel Vilardi opened the\u00a0scoring via a\u00a0redirect from the left circle\u00a0at 3:51 of the first period.\u00a0Nelson tied the game on the power play at\u00a08:59 of the first period with his 33rd\u00a0goal of the season via a redirect from the slot set\u00a0up by Nazem Kadri\u2019s feed.\u00a0At 2:14 of the second period, Cole Koepke gave the Jets a 2-1 lead via a shot from the doorstep off the rush.\u00a0Kelly tied the game at 18:05 of the second period with his 17th\u00a0goal of the season via a\u00a0redirect from the low slot\u00a0on Josh Manson\u2019s point shot.\u00a0The Jets took a 2-1 lead at 14:49 of the third period when Cole Perfetti scored via a redirect from the left circle.\u00a0Kyle Connor doubled Winnipeg\u2019s lead at 17:51\u00a0of\u00a0the third period via an empty-net goal.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leading the Way\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nate the Great\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nathan MacKinnon leads the NHL in goals (48) while ranking third in points (117) and assists (69).\u00a0<\/p>\n
All Hail Cale\u00a0<\/p>\n
Among NHL defensemen, Makar is tied for fourth in goals (20) and points (72) while ranking fifth in assists (50).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Marty Party\u00a0<\/p>\n
Martin Necas ranks tied for eighth in the NHL in points (89).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Series History\u00a0<\/p>\n
In 134\u00a0previous\u00a0regular-season games against the Flames, the Avalanche has a record of 66-54-8-6. The teams have met once in the playoffs, with the Avalanche defeating the Flames in five games in the 2019 Western Conference First Round.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Victorious Against Vancouver\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Flames defeated the Vancouver Canucks 7-3 at Scotiabank Saddledome on Saturday. In the first period, the Flames took a 2-0 lead after goals from Matt Coronato at 3:04 and Joel Farabee at\u00a04:59 before Liam\u00a0Ohgren\u00a0put the Canucks on the board at 18:53.\u00a0Calgary took a 5-1 second-period lead after goals from Ryan Strome at 1:32, Olli Maatta at 4:36 and Morgan Frost at 4:47. Jake\u00a0DeBrusk\u00a0made it a 5-2 game for Vancouver with a power-play goal at\u00a013:36\u00a0of\u00a0the second period. The Flames took a 6-2 lead at 19:53 of the middle frame courtesy of a power-play goal scored by Zayne Parekh. In the third period, Vancouver\u2019s Nils\u00a0Hoglander\u00a0made it 6-3\u00a0at 12:40 before Adam Klapka gave Calgary a 7-3 lead with a power-play tally at 19:52.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Contributors\u00a0Against Calgary\u00a0<\/p>\n
MacKinnon has posted 40 points (17g\/23a) in 30 regular-season games against the Flames in addition to recording eight points (3g\/5a) in five playoff contests.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Makar\u00a0has registered 11 points (3g\/8a) in 12 regular-season contests against Calgary and has posted two points (1g\/1a) in three playoff games.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Necas has recorded seven points (4g\/3a) in 12 games against the Flames.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Creating Offense in Calgary\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mikael Backlund leads the\u00a0Flames in points (40) and assists (24) while ranking fifth in goals (16).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Frost leads the Flames in goals (18) while ranking third in points (38) and assists (20).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Coronato is second on the Flames in points (39) and assists (22) while ranking tied for second in goals (17).\u00a0<\/p>\n
A Numbers Game\u00a0
\n26.7%\u00a0<\/p>\n
Colorado\u2019s power-play mark of 26.7%\u00a0(8\/30)\u00a0since March 9th\u00a0is the\u00a0fourth\u00a0best in the NHL during that span.\u00a0<\/p>\n
95%\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Avalanche\u2019s penalty-kill mark of 95%\u00a0(19\/20)\u00a0since March\u00a017th\u00a0leads the NHL during that span.\u00a0<\/p>\n
467\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scoring his 500th-career point in his 467th\u00a0game, Makar became the fourth-fastest\u00a0defenseman to reach the milestone,\u00a0behind Bobby Orr (396 games), Paul Coffey (422)\u00a0and Denis Potvin (465).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Quote That Left a Mark\u00a0<\/p>\n
“It’s pretty fast.\u00a0That’s\u00a0my\u00a0thoughts.\u00a0It’s\u00a0like,\u00a0‘500\u00a0already?’\u00a0He’s\u00a0a special player. [A] gifted player. [He] finds a way to contribute even when\u00a0he’s\u00a0not at his\u00a0best,\u00a0he’s\u00a0finding a way to make a play, the play, whatever it is. When\u00a0he’s\u00a0good,\u00a0he’s\u00a0really good. And when\u00a0he’s\u00a0having an off night,\u00a0he’s\u00a0still finding a way to make a play to help you win hockey games, right? And\u00a0that’s\u00a0what the best players do. There’s a lot of pressure on those guys to produce on a nightly basis, and he does that, and he still plays pretty [darn] good defense along the way.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
— Avalanche Head Coach Jared Bednar on Cale Makar reaching 500-career points<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Calgary Flames (31-34-8) @\u00a0Colorado Avalanche\u00a0(48-14-10)\u00a0 6:30 p.m.\u00a0MT |\u00a0Ball Arena\u00a0| Watch:\u00a0Altitude, Altitude+\u00a0| Listen: Altitude Sports Radio (92.5 FM)\u00a0 The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":574033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-574032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574032","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=574032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}