The Avalanche face off against the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night to start a four-game road trip. Puck drop is set for 5:13 p.m. MT at Wells Fargo Center.
Colorado is looking to bounce back from a 5-2 loss to the Washington Capitals last week, but they will have to do so without Alexandar Georgiev between the pipes. The Russian netminder is out day-to-day with an upper-body injury. He traveled with the team and skated Monday morning, per head coach Jared Bednar.
Nathan MacKinnon leads the team and league with 33 points, while Mikko Rantanen and Cale Makar each have 25. Thus, the Avs are the only team with multiple skaters with 25-plus points.
The Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Saturday night and have won their last three games. Former Avalanche defenseman Erik Johnson played in his 1,000th career game but said on social media he will celebrate when he plays against the club he spent 13 seasons with.
Bednar said he may shuffle around his top two lines, so expect different combinations in Philly. Annunen did not play well against the Caps—he gave up three goals in six shots before being pulled—but Bednar said the entire team had an off night and didn’t blame the loss solely on goaltending.
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Season Series
- Nov. 18 at Philadelphia
- Feb. 8 vs Philadelphia
Avalanche Injuries
- Ross Colton (foot, 6-8 weeks)
- Gabriel Landeskog (knee, no timetable)
- Alexandar Georgiev (upper-body, day-to-day)
Projected Avalanche Lines (subject to change)
Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Jonathan Drouin
Valeri Nichushkin — Casey Mittelstadt — Mikko Rantanen
Joel Kiviranta — Ivan Ivan — Logan O’Connor
Miles Wood — Parker Kelly — Nikolai Kovalenko
Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Samuel Girard — Josh Manson
Oliver Kylington — Sam Malinski
Justus Annunen
Kevin Mandolese
Projected Starters (subject to change)
- Unconfirmed: Justus Annunen (COL)
- Unconfirmed: Aleksei Kolosov (PHI)
Upcoming Milestones
- Mikko Rantanen – needs 4 power-play goals for 100
- Nathan MacKinnon — needs 10 assists for 600
- Devon Toews — needs 15 assists for 200
- Cale Makar — needs 8 goals for 100
How to Watch
- TV: Altitude TV
- Radio: 92.5 Altitude Radio
More Avalanche News
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- Notebook: What’s Going On With Mikko Rantanen’s Contract Extension Talks?
- Inside the Locker Room: What Line Changes Will Avalanche Make? (+)
- Flynn’s Daily: Goaltending’s Impact on the Avalanche
- Flynn’s Daily: ‘Lot of Good Emotions’ for Valeri Nichushkin