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Avalanche Game 8 at Utah Hockey Club, Lines, Notes, & How to Watch

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The Colorado Avalanche (3-4-0) are on the road to take on Utah Hockey Club (4-2-1) and are looking to extend their winning streak to four games. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. MT.



Utah could very well be the Avs’ new rival for years to come. It’s the first matchup between the two clubs since the Arizona Coyotes relocated to Salt Lake City over the summer. The Avalanche have found some consistency in their lineup after promoting Ross Colton and Logan O’Connor to the top six to play on separate lines. They started the season with both of them on the third line alongside Miles Wood.

O’Connor has been playing on the second line with Casey Mittelstadt and Nikolai Kovalenko while Colton has been the third piece of the top line with superstars Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen.

The Avs also started Justus Annunen in each of the first two games of the road trip and the Finnish netminder has surrendered just three goals in that stretch.

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Season Series

โ€“ Oct. 24 at Utah Hockey Club

โ€“ Dec. 12 vs Utah Hockey Club

โ€“ Dec. 27 at Utah Hockey Club

Avalanche Injuries

Jonathan Drouin (upper body), Artturi Lehkonen (shoulder, out until at least late October), Gabriel Landeskog (knee, no timetable), Valeri Nichushkin (suspended until at least Nov. 13)

Projected Avalanche Lines (subject to change)

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

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

Justus Annunen
Alexandar Georgiev

Projected Starters (subject to change)

Confirmed: Justus Annunen (COL) vs. Confirmed: Karel Vejmelka (UHC)

Upcoming Milestones

Nathan MacKinnon โ€” needs 2 games for 800

Mikko Rantanen โ€“ needs 6 power-play goals for 100

How to Watch

TV: Altitude TV

Radio: 92.5 Altitude Radio

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