The Colorado Avalanche (37-9-9) open the post-Olympic stretch run on the road against the Utah Mammoth (30-23-4). Puck drop is scheduled for 7:08 p.m. MT.<\/p>\n
Key Stories to Watch<\/p>\n
Colorado entered the break 3-4-1 in its last eight games. Gabe Landeskog missed all of those games, and both Martin Necas and Devon Toews missed chunks of them. All three are healthy, and Landeskog and Necas are confirmed to be in the lineup. Toews\u2019 status is yet to be determined.<\/p>\n
Toews, along with Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, and Brock Nelson, all played in the gold medal game on Sunday. Head coach Jared Bednar would not share which, if any, of them are going to sit out in Utah to get extra rest. The Avs have 13 forwards and six defensemen available, so they can sit one forward without needing to call anyone up.<\/p>\n
Brett Kulak makes his debut for the Avs. Colorado acquired Kulak from the Pittsburgh Penguins for Samuel Girard and a draft pick on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Scott Wedgewood did not play much heading into the break, starting just one of Colorado\u2019s last seven games. It appears he\u2019ll play in Utah, which likely sets up Mackenzie Blackwood against the Minnesota Wild at Ball Arena on Thursday. Wedgewood gave up seven goals on 28 shots against the Montreal Canadiens in his last appearance. <\/p>\n
The Avs are 2-0-1 against the Mammoth this season, having lost in overtime in the only meeting at Delta Center. <\/p>\n
Season Series<\/p>\n
Oct. 9 vs Utah Mammoth (W, 2-1)<\/p>\n
Oct. 21 at Utah Mammoth (L, 4-3 OT)<\/p>\n
Dec. 23 vs Utah Mammoth (W, 1-0)<\/p>\n
Feb. 25 at Utah Mammoth<\/p>\n
Avalanche Injuries<\/p>\n
Logan O\u2019Connor (undisclosed, TBD)<\/p>\n
Projected Avalanche Lines (Subject to Change)<\/p>\n
*PLEASE NOTE: This is what the Avs\u2019 lineup would likely look like if everyone from the gold medal game dressed in Utah. It is likely that one of them does not play. <\/p>\n
Artturi Lehkonen \u2014 Nathan MacKinnon \u2014 Martin Necas
Gabriel Landeskog \u2014 Brock Nelson \u2014 Valeri Nichushkin
Ross Colton \u2014 Jack Drury \u2014 Victor Olofsson
Joel Kiviranta \u2014 Parker Kelly \u2014 Gavin Brindley<\/p>\n
Devon Toews \u2014 Cale Makar
Josh Manson \u2014 Brent Burns
Brett Kulak \u2014 Sam Malinski<\/p>\n
Scott Wedgewood
Mackenzie Blackwood<\/p>\n
Projected Starters (Subject to Change)<\/p>\n
Expected: Scott Wedgewood (COL)<\/p>\n
Expected: Karel Vejmelka (UTA)<\/p>\n
Upcoming Milestones<\/p>\n
Gabriel Landeskog \u2014 needs 7 points for 600<\/p>\n
Martin Necas \u2014 needs 7 games for 500<\/p>\n
Devon Toews \u2014 needs 9 points for 300<\/p>\n
How to Watch<\/p>\n
TV: Altitude TV<\/p>\n
Radio: 950 AM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Colorado Avalanche (37-9-9) open the post-Olympic stretch run on the road against the Utah Mammoth (30-23-4). Puck…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":491739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[1222,1223,385,99,4829],"class_list":["post-491738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-avalanche","tag-colorado-avalanche","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-utah-mammoth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}