After securing a shutout against the Columbus Blue Jackets this past Saturday, the Colorado Avalanche continue their seven-game home stand welcoming the Toronto Maple Leafs to town. This will be the first of two regular-season matchups between these two teams with the rematch in Canada in just over a week.
Colorado Avalanche (33-4-7)
The Opponent: Toronto Maple Leafs (22-15-7)
Time: 8:00 p.m. MT
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Colorado Avalanche
Colorado continued their dominance at home to start this home-stand,
winning 8-2 over the Ottawa Senators and 4-0 over the Blue Jackets to extend their home win streak to 17 games. Tonight, they’ll look to keep that streak alive against a surging Maple Leafs team, who suddenly find themselves just one point out of a playoff soot after being dead last in the NHL for a good bit.
The extra forward merry-go-round continues as TJ Tynan was sent down to the Colorado Eagles after the Columbus game and in his place Ivan Ivan returns after a one-game absence.
Projected Lineup
Artturi Lehkonen – Nathan MacKinnon – Martin Necas
Ross Colton – Brock Nelson – Valeri Nichushkin
Parker Kelly – Jack Drury – Victor Olofsson
Zakhar Bardakov – Ivan Ivan – Gavin Brindley
Sam Malinski – Cale Makar
Josh Manson – Brent Burns
Samuel Girard – Ilya Solovyov
Trent Miner
Scott Wedgewood
Toronto Maple Leafs
Despite a less-than-ideal, to say the least, start to the season, the Leafs have fought all the way back from being at the bottom of the league, and now find themselves just one point out of a wild card spot, as previously mentioned. While this team has had a fall from grace this year, this is still a very good Maple Leafs team that can definitely score, and Colorado will have to mind that here tonight.
Projected Lineup
Matthew Knies – Auston Matthews – Max Domi
Matias Maccelli – John Tavares – William Nylander
Easton Cowan – Nicolas Roy – Nicholas Robertson
Steven Lorentz – Scott Laughton – Bobby McMann
Morgan Rielly – Brandon Carlo
Jake McCabe – Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Simon Benoit – Troy Stetcher
Joseph Woll
Dennis Hildeby
Goaltenders
The Avalanche are expected to put Trent Miner back in net following his shutout last game, which is also giving Scott Wedgewood an extended break. After Wedgewood missed a portion of practice yesterday it’s fair to wonder if he’s nursing something. For Toronto, Joseph Woll has been carrying the load clateky and is expected to get the start this evening.
