Avalanche Visit Islanders With Blackwood in Net as Nelson Returns to Long Island
Injury-hit New York hosts the league’s hottest team riding a 17-game regulation-unbeaten run.
Overview
- Colorado enters at 19-1-6 with a +50 goal differential and no regulation loss since Oct. 25.
- Mackenzie Blackwood starts for the Avalanche with Trent Miner backing up, while Ilya Sorokin starts for the Islanders.
- Coach Jared Bednar says Scott Wedgewood is day-to-day after leaving the last game and will not dress tonight.
- The Islanders are without defenseman Alexander Romanov for roughly 5–6 months and forward Kyle Palmieri for the season after an ACL tear.
- Brock Nelson plays his first game on Long Island since being traded from the Islanders, and puck drop is 7 p.m. ET at UBS Arena to open Colorado’s four-game road trip.