Avalanche Game 39 vs St. Louis Blues: New Year’s Eve at Ball Arena! Lines, Notes & How To Watch

The Colorado Avalanche (29-2-7) look to extend their home winning streak against one of the NHL’s worst teams, the St. Louis Blues (15-17-8). Puck drop is scheduled for 7:08 p.m. MT.

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Key Stories to Watch

• The Avalanche are riding an eight-game winning streak and have won 14 straight games at home. They’ll put both of those streaks on the line in the first of three meetings against their division rival, the St. Louis Blues.
• Mackenzie Blackwood makes his second consecutive start, following two in a row for Scott Wedgewood. Blackwood is 12-1-1 on the season since making his debut on Nov. 1. He’s also been a .920 save percentage or better in his last six starts, all of which are wins. He’ll go up against Jordan Binnington.
• The Blues are the fourth-worst team in the NHL both in total points and points percentage. They’ve given up a league-worst 137 goals and have a -37 goal differential, which is last place in the league.
• Earlier on Tuesday, Colorado’s Devon Toews and St. Louis’ Jordan Binnington and Colton Parayko were named to Team Canada’s Olympic roster, joining Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar. All five of them played for Canada during last February’s 4 Nations Face-Off.

Season Series

• Dec. 31 vs St. Louis Blues
• April 5 vs St. Louis Blues
• April 7 at St. Louis Blues

Avalanche Injuries

• Logan O’Connor (undisclosed, TBD)

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Projected Avalanche Lines (Subject to Change)

Gabriel Landeskog — Nathan MacKinnon — Martin Necas
Artturi Lehkonen — Brock Nelson — Valeri Nichushkin
Ross Colton — Jack Drury — Victor Olofsson
Joel Kiviranta— Parker Kelly — Gavin Brindley

Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Josh Manson — Brent Burns
Samuel Girard — Sam Malinski

Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood

Projected Starters (Subject to Change)

• Confirmed: Mackenzie Blackwood (COL)
• Confirmed: Jordan Binnington (STL)

Upcoming Milestones

• Brock Nelson — needs 1 assist for 300
• Nathan MacKinnon — needs 1 goal for 400
• Samuel Girard — needs 3 assists for 200
• Parker Kelly — needs 5 games for 300
• Devon Toews — needs 10 points for 300

How to Watch

• TV: Altitude TV
• Radio: 92.5 FM