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Avalanche Game 3 vs New York Islanders, Patrick Roy Returns! Lines, Notes, & How to Watch

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The Colorado Avalanche (0-2-0) are set to host the New York Islanders (0-1-1), led by head coach Patrick Roy. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. MT.



Roy is making his return to Ball Arena for the first time since quitting as head coach of the Avs in August 2016. Following morning skate, Roy said he wished he had done things differently and didn’t have respect for the position back then.

The Avalanche have their work cut out for them. Despite scoring four goals in each of the first two games, Colorado has nothing to show for it in the standings because its goaltending has been abysmal. Head coach Jared Bednar is going back to Alexandar Georgiev again, hoping his starter could snap out of this funk.

Read More: How Many Goalies Will The Avalanche Use This Season?

Season Series

โ€“ Oct. 14 vs. New York Islanders

โ€“ Jan. 28 at New York Islanders

Avalanche Injuries

Jonathan Drouin (upper body, day to day), Artturi Lehkonen (shoulder, out until at least late October), Gabriel Landeskog (knee, no timetable), Valeri Nichushkin (suspended)

Projected Avalanche Lines

Nikolai Kovalenko โ€” Nathan MacKinnon โ€” Mikko Rantanen
Ross Coltonย โ€” Casey Mittelstadt โ€” Calum Ritchie
Miles Wood โ€“ Parker Kelly โ€“ Logan Oโ€™Connor
Ivan Ivan โ€” Chris Wagner โ€” Joel Kiviranta

Devon Toews โ€” Cale Makar
Samuel Girard โ€” Josh Manson
Calvin de Haan โ€” Sam Malinski

Alexandar Georgiev
Justus Annunen

Projected Starters

Alexandar Georgiev (COL) vs. Ilya Sorokin (NYI)

Upcoming Milestones

Nathan MacKinnon — needs 7 games for 800

Casey Mittelstadt โ€“ needs 2 points for 200

Mikko Rantanen โ€“ needs 7 power-play goals for 100

Devon Toews โ€“ needs 1 game for 400

How to Watch

TV: ALTITUDE TV

Radio: 92.5 Altitude Radio

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