The Colorado Avalanche will wrap up a three-game home stand against a third different Canadian team. They will host the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday night at Ball Arena.

This game against Vancouver will also wrap up the season series between the two. The Avs will eye a season sweep after winning in overtime in Vancouver in November and winning at home back on December 1.

Colorado Avalanche (49–14–10, 108 pts)

Colorado absolutely demolished the Calgary Flames on Monday night in a 9–2 final. They had eight different goal-scorers, with the power play going 3-for-4 and two of those tallies coming from Nazem Kadri.


The win also marked the fourth time since 1995 that an NHL team has beaten every team in the league in a single season. It was certainly a much-needed win after falling flat against the Winnipeg Jets two days earlier.

Against the league’s worst team, the Avs should be able to extend their lead in the Central Division over the Dallas Stars. However, they may have to do it without Cale Makar. He left Monday’s game with an upper-body injury and didn’t return.

Projected Lines

Gabriel Landeskog – Nathan MacKinnon – Artturi Lehkonen
Valeri Nichushkin – Brock Nelson – Martin Necas
Ross Colton – Nazem Kadri – Logan O’Connor
Parker Kelly  – Jack Drury – Joel Kiviranta

Brett Kulak – Sam Malinski
Devon Toews – Nick Blankenburg
Josh Manson – Brent Burns

Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood

Vancouver Canucks (21–44–8, 50 pts)

Vancouver will want this season to wrap up as soon as possible. They are coming off a 4–2 loss against the Vegas Golden Knights with their new head coach, John Tortorella, at the helm.

The loss marked the sixth straight defeat for the bottom feeders of the Pacific Division. It marked a third-long losing streak the team has suffered since the turn of the new year.

Both Elias Petterson and former DU Pioneer Zeev Buium look to steer the Canucks back in the right direction. Meanwhile, Evander Kane played in his 1,000th game on Monday night and will look to leave his mark as well.

Projected Lines

Liam Ohgren – Elias Petterson – Linus Karlsson
Drew O’Connor – Marco Rossi – Brock Boeser
Evander Kane – Teddy Blueger – Jake Debrusk
Curtis Douglas – Aatu Raty – Nils Hoglander

Zeev Buium – Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson – Tom Willander
Elias Nils Pettersson – Victor Mancini

Kevin Lankinen
Nikita Tolopilo

Game Details

Time: 6:30 p.m. MT

Watch: Altitude, Altitude+, SportsNet (VAN), TVAS (VAN), ESPN+ (Out of Market Only)

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