Overview
- Colorado opens a weekend back-to-back in Nashville, the first of three meetings between these teams over the next three weeks.
- The Avalanche enter 14-1-5 with one regulation loss through 20 games and a seven-game winning streak.
- Mackenzie Blackwood is confirmed in goal for Colorado, with Scott Wedgewood expected to start Sunday.
- Juuse Saros is expected to start for Nashville, which has two wins in its last 10, and captain Roman Josi is expected to return from an upper-body injury after a month out.
- Jason Polin was recalled with Gavin Brindley sidelined and not on the trip, and Victor Olofsson cedes his top power-play spot to Landeskog.