Edmonton Oilers\u00a0(31-25-8) @\u00a0Colorado Avalanche\u00a0(43-10-9)<\/p>\n
8 p.m.\u00a0MT |\u00a0Ball Arena\u00a0| Watch:\u00a0TNT,\u00a0truTV, HBO Max\u00a0| Listen: Altitude Sports Radio (92.5 FM)\u00a0<\/p>\n
After back-to-back shootout victories, the Avalanche concludes its two-game homestand on Tuesday against the Edmonton Oilers.\u00a0This game is an Avalanche Cup Classic, presented by KeyBank, which will honor the 2022 Avs team that won the Stanley Cup and defeated the Oilers in the Western Conference Final.\u00a0Tuesday\u2019s game is the second of three regular-season\u00a0meetings between the teams, as the Avalanche won 9-1 in Edmonton on November\u00a08th,\u00a0and\u00a0they\u2019ll\u00a0play in Alberta on April 13th.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Latest Result (COL):\u00a0MIN 2, COL 3 (SO)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Latest Result (EDM):\u00a0EDM 4, VGK 2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sunday Success<\/p>\n
The Avalanche defeated the Minnesota Wild 3-2 in a shootout on Sunday at Ball Arena.\u00a0Nathan MacKinnon and Nicolas Roy\u00a0both\u00a0scored for Colorado\u00a0while\u00a0Nazem Kadri posted an assist in\u00a0his second Avs debut. In net for Colorado, Scott Wedgewood\u00a0stopped\u00a032 of the 34 shots he faced.\u00a0MacKinnon opened the scoring at 12:19 of the second period with his 43rd\u00a0goal of the season via a right-circle one-timer set up by Kadri, who began the play with an interception below the offensive-zone goal line.\u00a0Kirill\u00a0Kaprizov\u00a0tied the game for Minnesota with a power-play goal\u00a0at 4:17 of the third period when his pass from the right circle deflected into the net.\u00a0The Wild took a 2-1 lead\u00a0at 7:01 of the third period when Nico Sturm scored a shorthanded breakaway.\u00a0Colorado tied the game at 12:39 of the third period when Nicolas Roy scored his first goal as an Av and sixth of the season via a net-front deflection on Brett Kulak\u2019s slap shot.\u00a0In the shootout, Valeri Nichushkin scored for Colorado in the first round, Matt Boldy scored for Minnesota in the second\u00a0round\u00a0and MacKinnon tallied the winner in the fourth round.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leading the Way
\nNate the Great<\/p>\n
MacKinnon leads the NHL in goals (43) while ranking second in points (104) and\u00a0third in\u00a0assists (61).\u00a0<\/p>\n
All Hail Cale<\/p>\n
Among NHL defensemen, Cale Makar is tied for second in points (66) while ranking fourth in goals (19) and assists (47).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Marty Party<\/p>\n
Martin Necas is tied for seventh in the NHL in points (76).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Series History<\/p>\n
In 135 regular-season games against the Oilers, the Avalanche has a record of 74-49-6-6.\u00a0The teams have met three times in the playoffs, with the Avs winning the 1997 Western Conference Semifinals\u00a0in five games and the 2022 Western Conference Final in four contests.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sunday in Sin City<\/p>\n
The Oilers defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 at T-Mobile Arena on Sunday. In the second period, Trent Frederic opened the scoring for Edmonton at 3:21 before\u00a0Vegas’\u00a0Noah Hanifin tied the game at 13:09.\u00a0The Oilers took a 3-1 third-period lead after goals from Vasily Podkolzin at 2:34 and Leon Draisaitl at 11:53.\u00a0Jack Eichel cut the Golden Knights\u2019 deficit to one with a shorthanded goal at 16:43 of the third period. Edmonton took a 4-2 lead when Kasperi Kapanen scored an empty-net goal at 18:03\u00a0of\u00a0the third period.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Producing Offense Against the Oilers<\/p>\n
MacKinnon has posted 39 points (13g\/26a) in 29 regular-season games against the Oilers,\u00a0in addition to five points (3g\/2a) in four playoff contests.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Makar has registered 13 points (5g\/8a) in 13 regular-season contests against Edmonton,\u00a0in addition to nine points (2g\/7a) in four playoff games.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kadri has recorded 25 points (12g\/13a) in 30 regular-season games against the Oilers,\u00a0in addition to\u00a0four points (1g\/3a) in three playoff contests.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Edmonton\u2019s Elite<\/p>\n
Connor McDavid leads the Oilers in points (108), goals (35)\u00a0and assists (73).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Draisaitl is second on the Oilers in points (92), goals (34)\u00a0and assists (58).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Evan Bouchard is third on the Oilers in points (73) and assists (55) while ranking fourth in goals (18).\u00a0<\/p>\n
A Numbers Game
\n34<\/p>\n
The Avalanche are 34-0-0 when leading after the second period this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
85<\/p>\n
Colorado leads the NHL with 85\u00a0second-period\u00a0goals\u00a0this campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n
.806<\/p>\n
The Avalanche\u2019s .806 points percentage at home this season is the best in the NHL.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Quote That Left a Mark<\/p>\n
“Emotional seeing the support I get here.\u00a0It\u2019s absolutely incredible.\u00a0It makes me want to play harder for these fans and this team.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
— Nazem Kadri on the support he received from Avalanche fans at Sunday’s game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edmonton Oilers\u00a0(31-25-8) @\u00a0Colorado Avalanche\u00a0(43-10-9) 8 p.m.\u00a0MT |\u00a0Ball Arena\u00a0| Watch:\u00a0TNT,\u00a0truTV, HBO Max\u00a0| Listen: Altitude Sports Radio (92.5 FM)\u00a0 After…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":{"0":"post-526763","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edmonton","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-edmonton"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}