The Colorado Avalanche (54-16-11) complete their regular season at home against the Seattle Kraken (34-36-11). Puck drop is scheduled for 8:15 p.m. MT. and will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.<\/p>\n
Key Stories to Watch<\/p>\n
With one game remaining on the calendar, the Avalanche are resting several starters. Nathan MacKinnon and Martin Necas skipped morning skate and will not play. There is one more forward that is likely going to rest and it could be team captain Gabe Landeskog. Jason Polin and Alex Barre-Boulet were called up to fill out the lineup.<\/p>\n
Nazem Kadri and Josh Manson were both on the ice for morning skate but both will miss the season finale with upper-body injuries. Head coach Jared Bednar said they\u2019ll be available for Game 1.<\/p>\n
The Avs will close the season with Scott Wedgewood between the pipes. Wedgewood entered the season as the backup but will make his team-leading 43rd start. He is 30-6-6 and leads the league in save percentage (.920) and goals-against average (2.10). <\/p>\n
If Colorado collects just one point, the 2025-26 regular season will be the best in franchise history. The Avs have 119 points, matching the total from 2021-22 and narrowly ahead of the 2000-01 team\u2019s 118. Both of those teams ended up winning the Stanley Cup.<\/p>\n
As long as the Avs avoid a regulation loss, it\u2019ll be the first time in franchise history that they have fewer than 10 regulation losses both at home and on the road in a full season. <\/p>\n
Please consider donating to the Colorado Hockey Now Playoff Travel Fund via\u00a0PAYPAL BY CLICKING HERE<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0VENMO BY CLICKING HERE<\/a>\u00a0to help our beat writer provide coverage from road games as the Avalanche pursue another Stanley Cup championship.\u00a0Colorado plays Game 1 on Sunday!<\/p>\n Season Series<\/p>\n Dec. 16 vs Seattle Kraken (W, 5-3)<\/p>\n March 12 at Seattle Kraken (W, 5-1)<\/p>\n April 16 vs Seattle Kraken<\/p>\n Avalanche Injuries<\/p>\n Nazem Kadri (upper body)<\/p>\n Josh Manson (upper body)<\/p>\n Projected Avalanche Lines (Subject to Change)<\/p>\n Artturi Lehkonen \u2014 Brock Nelson \u2014 Valeri Nichushkin Brett Kulak \u2014 Cale Makar Scott Wedgewood Projected Starters (Subject to Change)<\/p>\n Confirmed: Scott Wedgewood (COL)<\/p>\n Unconfirmed: Victor Ostman (SEA)<\/p>\n Upcoming Milestones<\/p>\n How to Watch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Colorado Avalanche (54-16-11) complete their regular season at home against the Seattle Kraken (34-36-11). Puck drop is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[1223,385,4831,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-588370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-colorado-avalanche","9":"tag-nhl","10":"tag-seattle-kraken","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588370","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=588370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Joel Kiviranta \u2014 Jack Drury \u2014 Logan O\u2019Connor
Zakhar Bardakov \u2014 Jason Polin \u2014 Alex Barre-Boulet<\/p>\n
Devon Toews\u2014 Sam Malinski
Nick Blankenburg \u2014 Brent Burns<\/p>\n
Mackenzie Blackwood<\/p>\n