It’s a Colorado Avalanche gameday!
Led by a resurgent powerplay unit and surprising offense from Joel Kiviranta, the Colorado Avalanche did just enough to get by Alexandar Georgiev and the San Jose Sharks last night.
Tonight they face another old friend in Greg Cronin behind the Anaheim Ducks’ bench, and another plucky young team looking to defend home ice against a Western Conference power.
With new big-name players getting comfortable on both teams, the matchup should be interesting – and for Colorado, it should be a win too.
Colorado Avalanche Projected Lineup:
Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Mikko Rantanen
Ross Colton — Casey Mittelstadt — Valeri Nichushkin
Joel Kiviranta — Parker Kelly — Logan O’Connor
Jere Innala — Ivan Ivan — Chris Wagner
Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Samuel Girard — Sam Malinski
Keaton Middleton — Calvin de Haan
Anaheim Ducks Projected Lineup:
Frank Vatrano – Ryan Strome – Troy Terry
Brock McGinn – Leo Carlsson – Alex Killorn
Cutter Gauthier – Mason McTavish – Robby Fabbri
Ross Johnston – Isac Lundestrom – Jansen Harkins
Jackson Lacombe – Radko Gudas
Jacob Trouba – Olen Zellweger
Pavel Mintyukov – Brian Dumoulin
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