Overview
- Puck drop is scheduled for 7:08 p.m. MT at Ball Arena in Game 38 of Colorado’s season.
- The Avalanche are 28-2-7 with seven straight wins and a 13-game home streak after a 6-5 shootout victory in Las Vegas led by Nathan MacKinnon and Sam Malinski.
- Expected starters are Mackenzie Blackwood for Colorado and Anton Forsberg for Los Angeles, with Darcy Kuemper still out injured.
- Colorado has allowed 81 goals in 37 games and Los Angeles has conceded 92, ranking as the league’s two lowest totals.
- Coach Jared Bednar reshaped the forward group, moving Gavin Brindley to the fourth line and returning Jack Drury to center between Victor Olofsson and Ross Colton.