Colorado Avalanche (52-16-11) @ Edmonton Oilers (40-30-10)<\/p>\n
7:30 p.m. MT | Rogers Place | Watch: KTVD-20, Altitude, Altitude+ | Listen: Altitude Sports Radio (92.5 FM)\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Avalanche embarks\u00a0to\u00a0Alberta for a back-to-back that begins with a matchup against the Edmonton Oilers on Monday. This is the third and final regular-season meeting between the teams, as the Avalanche won 9-1 in Edmonton on November 8th, and the Oilers won 4-3 in Denver on March 10th.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Latest Result (COL):\u00a0VGK 3, COL 2 (OT)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Latest Result (EDM):\u00a0EDM 0, LAK 1\u00a0<\/p>\n
Update: Avalanche Head Coach Jared Bednar will not\u00a0accompany\u00a0the team on their upcoming two-game road trip due to facial fractures and\u00a0a corneal\u00a0abrasion.\u00a0He will not require surgery at this time and is expected to make a full recovery.\u00a0Avalanche assistant coaches Nolan Pratt and Dave Hakstol will coach the team in Edmonton and Calgary.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Overtime on Saturday<\/p>\n
The Avalanche lost 3-2 in overtime to the Vegas Golden Knights at Ball Arena on Saturday. Devon Toews and Nick Blankenburg each scored a goal for Colorado, while Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 25 of the 28 shots he faced in net for the Avalanche.\u00a0The Avs opened the scoring on the power play at 9:17 of the first period when Toews scored his third goal of the season via a shot from the left point. Mark Stone tied the game for Vegas at 13:47\u00a0of\u00a0the first period with a power-play goal via a backhand shot from the doorstep.\u00a0The Golden Knights took a 2-1 lead when Pavel Dorofeyev scored a goal from the left circle at 2:09\u00a0of\u00a0the second period. Scoring his first goal with the Avs and seventh of the season, Blankenburg tied the game at 10:56 of the middle frame via a\u00a0left-point\u00a0shot.\u00a0At 1:19 of\u00a0overtime, Jack Eichel scored to give Vegas the win with a right-circle shot off the rush.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leading the Way
\nNate the Great<\/p>\n
Nathan MacKinnon leads the NHL in goals (52) while ranking third in points (126) and assists (74).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wedgewall<\/p>\n
Among goaltenders with at least 24 games played this season, Scott Wedgewood leads the NHL in goals-against average (2.10) and save percentage (.918) while ranking tied for ninth in shutouts (3).<\/p>\n
Marty Party<\/p>\n
Martin Necas is tied for\u00a0sixth in the NHL in points (99).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Series History<\/p>\n
In 136 regular-season games against the Oilers, the Avalanche has a record of 74-50-6-6. The teams have met three times in the playoffs, with the Avs winning the 1997 Western Conference Semifinals in five games and the 2022 Western Conference Final in four contests.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Loss\u00a0in Los Angeles<\/p>\n
The Oilers lost 1-0 to the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday at Crypto.com Arena.\u00a0Anton Forsberg posted a 27-save shutout for the Kings and Artemi Panarin scored the game\u2019s lone goal at 7:34\u00a0of\u00a0the first period.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Creating Offense Against the Oilers<\/p>\n
MacKinnon has posted 39 points (13g\/26a) in 30 regular-season games against the Oilers, in addition to five points (3g\/2a) in four playoff contests.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Necas has recorded 10 points (5g\/5a) in 13 contests against Edmonton.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gabriel Landeskog has registered 19 points (5g\/14a) in 26 regular-season games against the Oilers along with six points (2g\/4a) in four playoff games.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Edmonton\u2019s Elite<\/p>\n
Connor McDavid leads the Oilers in points (133), goals (47)\u00a0and assists (86).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Evan Bouchard is third on the Oilers in points (91) and assists (70) while ranking tied for fourth in goals (21).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is fourth on the Oilers in points (55) and assists (36).\u00a0<\/p>\n
A Numbers Game
\n27.4%<\/p>\n
Colorado\u2019s 27.4% mark on the power play since March 1st\u00a0is the sixth highest in the NHL.\u00a0<\/p>\n
.935<\/p>\n
Since April 3rd, the Avalanche\u2019s .935% team save percentage is tied for the NHL lead.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
37<\/p>\n
Necas\u2019\u00a037 points since February 25th\u00a0are tied for the second most in the NHL.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Quote That Left a Mark<\/p>\n
\u201c[We] want to continue making sure that the forecheck is a weapon for us. I feel like it\u2019s been pretty effective over\u00a0the whole course of the\u00a0season, [so]\u00a0continue\u00a0that. Puck management, good habits with the puck, things like that. Making sure\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0breaking the puck\u00a0out, keeping them to the outside in D-zone, really things that make you a tough team to play against without going too much into detail.\u00a0Obviously play\u00a0hard, good habits here all the way to the end.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
— Gabriel Landeskog on improvements the Avalanche can make before the playoffs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colorado Avalanche (52-16-11) @ Edmonton Oilers (40-30-10) 7:30 p.m. MT | Rogers Place | Watch: KTVD-20, Altitude, Altitude+…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-601128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601128","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=601128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}