The Colorado Avalanche head right back into action on Sunday afternoon. It comes in the City of Brotherly Love against the Philadelphia Flyers.

Philly plans to capitalize on Colorado’s potential fatigue in the second game of consecutive games. Their impressive home record of 9–4–2 is on the line in this tilt as they look for win number 10 on home ice.

Colorado Avalanche (20–2–6, 46 pts)

Colorado played Saturday afternoon in a matinee matchup against the New York Rangers. With a second close matchup against a New York City-based team, the Avs had to earn it after falling earlier in the trip against the New York Islanders.

They did just that, thanks to none other than Nathan MacKinnon. He scored two goals, including an insane game-winner beyond regulation to take the 3–2 victory. Martin Necas also added an assist on all three goals.

With Scott Wedgewood on the mend, Mackenzie Blackwood has been called upon more recently. But perhaps in this game, Trent Miner might get the nod. There is also an outside chance of Gavin Brindley returning from injury. Colorado looks for its league-leading 21st win of the season in game three of the four-game road trip.

Projected Lines

Artturi Lehkonen – Nathan MacKinnon – Martin Necas
Ross Colton – Brock Nelson – Gabriel Landeskog
Valeri Nichushkin – Jack Drury – Victor Olofsson
Parker Kelly – Zakhar Bardakov – Joel Kiviranta

Devon Toews – Cale Makar
Josh Manson – Brent Burns
Samuel Girard – Sam Malinski

Trent Miner
Mackenzie Blackwood

Philadelphia Flyers (15–8–3, 33 pts)

The Flyers have had some nice rest, having not played since Wednesday night. That game saw them take a 5–3 win against the Buffalo Sabres.

Philly has had a nice start to the year, currently holding onto one of the two wild-card spots. In the last 10 games alone, they’ve gone 7–3–0.

Young guns lead the way on Broad Street, with newly acquired Trevor Zegras leading the way with 10 goals and 16 assists in 26 games. Matvei Michkov isn’t far behind with eight goals and assists. Can they lead the City of Brotherly Love to a 10th home win on Sunday afternoon?

Projected Lines

Trevor Zegras – Christian Dvorak – Travis Konecny
Matvei Michkov – Sean Couturier – Owen Tippett
Nikita Grebenkin – Noah Cates – Bobby Brink
Nicolas Deslauriers – Rodrigo Abols – Garnet Hathaway

Nick Seeler – Travis Sanheim
Emil Andrae – Jaime Drysdale
Egor Zamula – Noah Juulsen

Samuel Ersson

Game Details

Time: 11:00 a.m. MT

Watch: Altitude, Altitude+, NBCSP (PHI), NHL Network (Out of Market)

Listen: Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM/AM 950