After getting back on track with a 7-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens, the Avalanche take on the Vancouver Canucks tonight in Denver. This will be the second of three regular-season matchups between these two teams, with Colorado winning the first game.<\/p>\n
Colorado Avalanche (18-1-6)<\/p>\n
Colorado\u2019s 10-game win streak came to a close on Friday, when they lost in a shootout to the Minnesota Wild. After that, they bounced back against the Montreal Canadiens, winning that game 7-2, as previously mentioned. In that game, your superstars were your superstars, with Martin Necas recording three assists, but your second line was also extremely good and did a lot of heavy lifting, with Brock Nelson and Gabriel Landeskog each scoring two goals. Tonight, you\u2019ll need people to step up again to compete with the Canucks. Val Nichushkin is expected back in the lineup, thus no recall from the Colorado Eagles has been made.<\/p>\n
Artturi Lehkonen – Nathan MacKinnon – Martin Necas
Ross Colton – Brock Nelson – Gabriel Landeskog
Val Nichushkin – Jack Drury – Victor Olofsson
Parker Kelly – Zakhar Bardakov – Joel Kiviranta<\/p>\n
Devon Toews – Cale Makar
Josh Manson – Brent Burns
Samuel Girard – Sam Malinski<\/p>\n
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood<\/p>\n
Vancouver Canucks (10-13-3)<\/p>\n
The Canucks come into this matchup on the opposite end of the isle from Colorado, having only won two out of their last ten games. That being said, as Colorado learned last time when they won in overtime against this team, they are not to be taken lightly. They still have a bunch of talent up and down their lineup, and players that can make you pay for being lazy or making a mistake. To secure a win tonight, Colorado will need to mind their details, and make sure they take this team seriously.<\/p>\n
Evander Kane – Elias Pettersson – Jake DeBrusk
Brock Boeser – David Kampf – Kiefer Sherwood
Drew O\u2019Connor – Aatu Raty – Jonathan Lekkerimaki
Arshdeep Bains – Max Sasson – Linus Karlsson<\/p>\n
Quinn Hughes – Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson – Tyler Myers
Pierre-Olivier Joseph – Tom Willander<\/p>\n
Kevin Lankinen
Nikita Tolopilo<\/p>\n
Scott Wedgewood is expected to get the start despite Mackenzie Blackwood earning the big win over Montr\u00e9al. For the Canucks, Kevin Lankinen is expected in net.<\/p>\n
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