Overview
- New Jersey enters Denver at 8-1-0 on an eight-game winning streak after Sunday’s 4-3 OT win over Colorado, capped by Jack Hughes’ winner.
- Devils defenseman Brett Pesce will miss at least a month, with Seamus Casey recalled from the AHL and set for his season debut.
- Goaltender Jacob Markstrom returns from a lower-body injury and is expected to start, following Jake Allen’s strong run in his absence.
- Colorado is winless in four (0-1-3) and turns back to Scott Wedgewood, who is 4-0-0 with a .965 save percentage and two shutouts against New Jersey; Mackenzie Blackwood is healthy as backup.
- Avalanche coach Jared Bednar adjusts his forward group with Ross Colton elevated to the second line and Gabriel Landeskog moved out of the top six.