Overview
- Puck drop at Ball Arena is scheduled for 7:52 p.m. MT on TNT, with streaming on truTV and HBO Max.
- Colorado confirms Scott Wedgewood in goal after Mackenzie Blackwood’s season debut in Saturday’s OT loss at San Jose.
- Tristen Nielsen, recalled Monday, will make his NHL debut on the Avalanche fourth line.
- Tampa Bay enters on a five-game winning streak after a 1-4-2 start, outscoring opponents 17-9 during the run.
- The Avalanche are 7-1-5 with five overtime/shootout defeats keeping them atop the division, and Andrei Vasilevskiy is listed as the expected starter for Tampa Bay amid several Colorado injuries.