Overview
- Colorado is 29-2-7 with 14 straight home wins and a 16-0-2 home record, reaching 65 points in 38 games for the second-fastest mark in NHL history.
- The Avalanche power play sits at 15.5% conversion, a prolonged dip that coach Jared Bednar has flagged as a concern.
- Nathan MacKinnon leads the league with 32 goals and needs one more for 400 career, while Cale Makar tops all defensemen in scoring.
- Confirmed starters are Mackenzie Blackwood for Colorado and Jordan Binnington for St. Louis, with Blackwood 12-1-1 since Nov. 1 and the Blues at a league-worst minus-37 goal differential.
- This is the first of three meetings this season, with St. Louis entering off a 4-2 loss to Buffalo and an alternating win-loss pattern over its past nine games.