Avalanche Game 49 vs Philadelphia Flyers: Lines, Notes & How To Watch

The Colorado Avalanche (34-5-9) close out their seven-game homestand against the Philadelphia Flyers (23-17-9). Puck drop is scheduled for 7:22 p.m. MT, as the Avs will honor the 2001 Stanley Cup team with a pre-game ceremony. Fifteen of the 24 members of that team will be in attendance.

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Key Stories to Watch

• The Avalanche are 3-1-2 through the first six games of the homestand. They are also 3-3-2 in their last eight games, dating back to when Devon Toews and Gabe Landeskog both got injured.
• Against the Ducks, the Avs scored fewer than two goals for just the fourth time this season. They are 2-1-1 in those contests. It was also just the third time with fewer than three goals at Ball Arena.
• Toews and Landeskog are still out, but Colorado is getting Joel Kiviranta back. He’ll replace Ross Colton in the lineup. Colton is day-to-day with a lower-body injury sustained at the end of the Anaheim game on Wednesday.
• Mackenzie Blackwood gets the nod for Colorado after backing up Scott Wedgewood in the previous two games.
• The Flyers are 3-5-2 in their last 10, and are coming off a disappointing OT loss in Utah. They gave up the game-tying goal late after this blunder from Garnet Hathaway.

This is crazy. Garnet Hathaway had his pocket picked on a routine empty netter, then Clayton Keller scores a minute later to tie the game then wins it in OT for Utah. Point lost for the Flyers 🥴 #LetsGoFlyers #TusksUp pic.twitter.com/BVCSdyEHEw

— NHL News (@PuckReportNHL) January 22, 2026

Season Series

• Dec. 7 at Philadelphia Flyers (W, 3-2)
• Jan. 23 vs Philadelphia Flyers

Avalanche Injuries

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

Projected Avalanche Lines (Subject to Change)

Victor Olofsson — Nathan MacKinnon — Martin Necas
Artturi Lehkonen — Brock Nelson — Valeri Nichushkin
Joel Kiviranta — Jack Drury — Gavin Brindley
Taylor Makar — Parker Kelly — Zakhar Bardakov

Sam Malinski — Cale Makar
Josh Manson — Brent Burns
Jack Ahcan — Samuel Girard

Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood

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Projected Starters (Subject to Change)

• Confirmed: Mackenzi Blackwood (COL)
• Unconfirmed: Samuel Ersson (PHI)

Upcoming Milestones

• Samuel Girard — needs 3 assists for 200
• Gabriel Landeskog — needs 7 points for 600
• Devon Toews — needs 9 points for 300
• Valeri Nichushkin — needs 6 games for 600
• Nathan MacKinnon — needs 5 assists for 700

How to Watch

• TV: Altitude TV
• Radio: 92.5 FM