The Colorado Avalanche (31-3-7) close out their three-game road trip against the Tampa Bay Lightning (25-13-3). Puck drop is scheduled for 5:16 p.m. MT.

READ MORE: Postgame Wrap: Landeskog Suffers Upper-Body Injury in Avalanche’s Loss to Florida

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Adversity has finally struck the Avalanche. Against the Tampa Bay Lightning, Colorado will be without team captain Gabe Landeskog, top-pair defenseman Devon Toews, starting goalie Mackenzie Blackwood, and depth forward Joel Kiviranta. All of them sustained injuries over the past week. Bednar said Landeskog and Toews are week-to-week.
The Lightning are riding a seven-game winning streak, and will look to extend that against an Avalanche team that saw its 10-game run come to an end in South Florida on Sunday. Tampa Bay had its five-game winning streak snapped against the Avs two months ago.
Colorado is likely riding with goalie Scott Wedgewood for the third time in three games, although it’s not confirmed that he’ll start.  Wedgewood played both back-to-back games over the weekend in Blackwood’s absence.

Season Series

Nov. 4 vs Tampa Bay Lightning (W, 3-2)
Jan. 6 at Tampa Bay Lightning

Avalanche Injuries

Logan O’Connor (undisclosed, TBD)
Joel Kiviranta (lower body, day to day)
Mackenzie Blackwood (lower body, IR)
Devon Toews (upper body, week-to-week)
Gabriel Landeskog (upper body, week-to-week)

READ MORE: Avalanche’s Landeskog, Toews Both Out Week-to-Week

Projected Avalanche Lines (Subject to Change)

Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Martin Necas
Valeri Nichushkin — Brock Nelson — Gavin Brindley
Ross Colton — Jack Drury — Victor Olofsson
Taylor Makar — Parker Kelly — Zakhar Bardakov

Samuel Girard — Cale Makar
Josh Manson — Brent Burns
Ilya Solovyov — Sam Malinski

Scott Wedgewood
Trent Miner

READ MORE: Devon Toews Out For Avalanche With Upper-Body Injury

Projected Starters (Subject to Change)

Expected: Scott Wedgewood (COL)
Unconfirmed: Andrei Vasilevskiy (TBL)

Upcoming Milestones

Samuel Girard — needs 3 assists for 200
Parker Kelly — needs 2 games for 300
Devon Toews — needs 9 points for 300

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