Overview
- Zachary L’Heureux is slated to make his Avalanche season debut Wednesday in Winnipeg, and coach Jared Bednar said he expects L’Heureux and Logan O’Connor to dress in one of the next two games.
- With an injured forward available the Avs will move from an 11-forward, seven-defensemen alignment back to a conventional 12-forward, six-defenseman game-day roster.
- Colorado adjusted its power play at practice by moving Nazem Kadri onto the top unit, a change driven by an 0-for-4 performance on the man advantage in the Blues game.
- Mackenzie Blackwood is starting in goal in Winnipeg with Scott Wedgewood likely to get the net in Calgary the following night, setting up a back-to-back goalie split.
- The roster moves follow a 2-0, 14-goal start that has let Jared Bednar experiment with lines and manage minutes, and the returning forwards will reshape fourth-line roles and short-term depth decisions.