After playing a back-to-back against Toronto and Ottawa, the Colorado Avalanche finishes their little three-game trip tonight as they take on the Montreal Canadiens. This will be the second and final matchup between these two teams for the regular season.
Colorado Avalanche
The Avs come into this game off a big game against the Ottawa Senators, which saw them win by a final score of 5-1. After an unlucky outcome against Toronto, the performance against Ottawa was exactly the one that you wanted Colorado to have in response to that outcome.
Tonight, they look to end this little road trip on a high note against the Montreal Canadiens, who have won six of their last ten games, and currently occupy the second wild card spot in the Eastern Conference.
Projected lineup
Jonathan Drouin – Nathan MacKinnon – Valeri NichushkinArtturi Lehkonen – Brock Nelson – Martin NecasJoel Kiviranta – Charlie Coyle – Ross Colton
Parker Kelly – Jack Drury – Logan O’Connor
Devon Toews – Cale MakarRyan Lindgren – Sam Malinski
Keaton Middleton – Erik Johnson
Montreal Canadiens
As previously mentioned, the Montreal Canadiens have been rolling a bit as of late, as they’ve won six out of their last ten games and currently occupy the second wild card spot in the East. Given how many teams are currently pushing to make the playoffs in that conference currently, the Habs will certainly be keen on winning tonight to help them secure a playoffs spot.
Projected Lineup
Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki – Juraj SlafkovskyJoshua Roy – Alex Newhook – Patrik LaineJosh Anderson – Christian Dvorak – Brendan Gallagher
Emil Heineman – Jake Evans – Joel Armia
Mike Matheson – Alexandre CarrierJayden Struble – Lane Hutson
Arber Xhekaj – David Savard
Goaltenders
For Colorado, Mackenzie Blackwood will likely be going in net tonight, since Scott Wedgewood got the last game against Ottawa. Blackwood was pretty solid against Toronto, with both goals against coming off of some incredibly unlucky bounces. Sam Montembeault will likely get the start across from Blackwood.
