Preview: Wrapping up the three-game road trip against the Habs

Colorado wraps up their little three-game road trip through Canada tonight against the Montreal Canadiens.

After playing a back-to-back against Toronto and Ottawa, Colorado finishes their little three-game trip tonight as they take on the Montreal Canadiens. This will be the second and final matchup between these two teams for the regular season.

Colorado Avalanche

The Avs come into this game off a big game against the Ottawa Senators, which saw them win by a final score of 5-1. After an unlucky outcome against Toronto, the performance against Ottawa was exactly the one that you wanted Colorado to have in response to that outcome.

Tonight, they look to end this little road trip on a high note against the Montreal Canadiens, who have won six of their last ten games, and currently occupy the second wild card spot in the Eastern Conference.

Projected lineup

Jonathan Drouin – Nathan MacKinnon – Valeri Nichushkin
Artturi Lehkonen – Brock Nelson – Martin Necas
Joel Kiviranta – Charlie Coyle – Ross Colton
Parker Kelly – Jack Drury – Logan O’Connor

Devon Toews – Cale Makar
Ryan Lindgren – Sam Malinski
Keaton Middleton – Erik Johnson

Montreal Canadiens

As previously mentioned, the Montreal Canadiens have been rolling a bit as of late, as they’ve won six out of their last ten games and currently occupy the second wild card spot in the East. Given how many teams are currently pushing to make the playoffs in that conference currently, the Habs will certainly be keen on winning tonight to help them secure a playoffs spot.

Projected Lineup

Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki – Juraj Slafkovsky
Joshua Roy – Alex Newhook – Patrik Laine
Josh Anderson – Christian Dvorak – Brendan Gallagher
Emil Heineman – Jake Evans – Joel Armia

Mike Matheson – Alexandre Carrier
Jayden Struble – Lane Hutson
Arber Xhekaj – David Savard

Goaltenders

For Colorado, Mackenzie Blackwood will likely be going in net tonight, since Scott Wedgewood got the last game against Ottawa. Blackwood was pretty solid against Toronto, with both goals against coming off of some incredibly unlucky bounces. Sam Montembeault will likely get the start across from Blackwood.