Avalanche Game 43 vs Ottawa Senators: Homestand Begins, Lines, Notes & How To Watch

The Colorado Avalanche (31-4-7) open a season-long seven-game homestand on Wednesday against the Ottawa Senators (20-17-5). Puck drop is scheduled for 7:08 p.m. MT.

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Key Stories to Watch

• The Avalanche are coming off two consecutive regulation losses, both of which ended without Devon Toews or Gabe Landeskog available. Mackenzie Blackwood also remains out, meaning Scott Wedgewood will get the nod for the fourth straight game. He’ll likely go against Ottawa’s Mads Sogaard.
• Colorado commences a seven-game homestand tonight. Jared Bednar’s club is a dominant 17-0-2 at Ball Arena, which includes 15 straight wins. Both losses, against Dallas and Carolina, came in the shootout.
• This is the first of two meetings between the two clubs. The second, in Ottawa, is less than three weeks away.
• The Senators are 5-4-1 in their last 10, which includes two consecutive losses. Ottawa was in Utah on Wednesday and will play a back-to-back. With Linus Ullmark on a personal leave, the Sens have had trouble juggling their other goalies to find consistency. Ullmark was also not having a great season.

Season Series

• Jan. 8 vs Ottawa Senators
• Jan. 28 at Ottawa Senators

Avalanche Injuries

• Logan O’Connor (undisclosed, TBD)
• Joel Kiviranta (lower body, week-to-week)
• Mackenzie Blackwood (lower body, week-to-week)
• Devon Toews (upper body, week-to-week)
• Gabriel Landeskog (upper body, “weeks”)

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Projected Avalanche Lines (Subject to Change)

Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Martin Necas
Valeri Nichushkin — Brock Nelson — Gavin Brindley
Ross Colton — Jack Drury — Victor Olofsson
Ivan Ivan — Parker Kelly — Zakhar Bardakov

Samuel Girard — Cale Makar
Josh Manson — Brent Burns
Ilya Solovyov — Sam Malinski

Scott Wedgewood
Trent Miner

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Projected Starters (Subject to Change)

• Confirmed: Scott Wedgewood (COL)
• Unconfirmed: Mads Sogaard (OTT)

Upcoming Milestones

• Parker Kelly — needs 1 game for 300
• Samuel Girard — needs 3 assists for 200
• Devon Toews — needs 9 points for 300

How to Watch

• TV: Altitude TV, My20
• Radio: 92.5 FM