Overview
- Puck drop is 7:08 p.m. MT at Ball Arena with coverage on Altitude/Altitude+, ESPN+ and 92.5 FM.
- Devon Toews plays his first game since Jan. 3, stepping in for Keaton Middleton on Colorado’s defense.
- Martin Necas remains day-to-day with a lower-body injury and will miss a second consecutive game.
- Mackenzie Blackwood starts for Colorado opposite Detroit’s John Gibson after Blackwood’s 28-save shutout and Gibson’s early pull in the 5–0 meeting on Jan. 31.
- Colorado enters 36-8-9 and is 15-1-1 vs. Detroit under Jared Bednar with eight straight home wins, and MacKinnon is one assist shy of 700.