The Colorado Avalanche will battle the Edmonton Oilers for just the second time this season on Tuesday night. The Avs head into the contest on a five-game win streak and are 8–2–0 in their last 10. Edmonton is 4–6–0 in their last 10. It will be a battle of special teams on Tuesday, with the Oilers having the best power play in the NHL (32.8%). The Avs have the third-best penalty kill in the NHL, sitting at 83.1%.

Colorado Avalanche (43–10–9, 95 pts)

The Avalanche pulled out their second nail-biter in a row on Sunday afternoon against the Minnesota Wild. In what turned out to be the epic return of forward Nazem Kadri, Colorado won in a shootout 3–2. Kadri assisted on Nathan MacKinnon’s goal to a roaring crowd when his name was called in the arena. Kirill Kaprizov and old friend Nico Sturm put the Wild ahead early in the third period. Recent addition Nic Roy helped bring the game back to even, scoring his first in just his second game. The game was tense throughout the overtime period when MacKinnon incurred an interference penalty, putting the Avs down a man. Once again. Valeri Nichushkin hit the back of the net in the shootout. But MacKinnon redeemed himself with the game-winning shot in the shootout.

Projected Lines

Martin Necas – Nathan MacKinnon – Nazem Kadri
Ross Colton – Brock Nelson – Valeri Nichushkin
Parker Kelly – Nicolas Roy – Gavin Brindley
Zakhar Bardakov – Jack Drury – Joel Kiviranta

Devon Toews – Cale Makar
Josh Manson – Brent Burns
Brett Kulak – Sam Malinski

Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood

Edmonton Oilers (31–25–8, 70 pts)

The Oilers defeated Vegas Sunday, sitting three points shy of first place, occupied by the Anaheim Ducks. The depth showed up for the Oilers as they walked away with a 4–2 victory. Trent Frederic scored just his fourth of the season, while Vasily Podkolzin tacked on his 15th of the year. Jack Eichel shocked the Oilers with a short-handed goal late in the game to put the Golden Knights within one goal. With his sixth goal of the year, Kasperi Kapanen sealed the Knights’ defeat by hitting the empty net, allowing his team to depart Vegas with a win.

Projected Lines

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Connor McDavid – Zach Hyman
Vasily Podkolzin– Leon Draisaitl – Jack Roslovic
Matthew Savoie – Jason Dickinson – Kasperi Kapanen
Colton Dach – Josh Samanski – Trent Frederic

Mattias Ekholm – Evan Bouchard
Jake Walman – Connor Murphy
Darnell Nurse – Ty Emberson

Connor Ingram
Tristan Jarry

Game Details

Time: 8:00 p.m. MT

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