UPDATE: The Avalanche recalled defenseman Anton Lindholm from San Antonio. He will arrive in time for Tuesday practice in Colorado.
Lindholm, 22, is 5-feet-11, 185 pounds. He was Colorado's fifth-round pick (No. 144) in the 2014 draft. He's from Skelleftea, Sweden, and has two goals, 10 assists and 39 penalty minutes in 59 games.
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Should be quite the barn burner Monday when the Avalanche and Arizona Coyotes -- the NHL's two worst teams -- meet in the desert.
Here are the GAME NOTES.
At least Arizona (24-35-8, 56 points) hasn't officially been eliminated from the playoffs yet, though it's merely a matter of time.
The Avalanche (19-45-3, 41 points) were mathematically knocked out for the third season in a row Saturday with their 4-2 home loss to Ottawa.
Colorado would need to win its remaining 15 games to finish with 71 points -- it has yet to win more than two in a row -- and nine Western Conference teams already have at least 72.
After being relegated to third-line duty Saturday, NHL.com reports that Matt Duchene is expected to center Gabriel Landeskog and Mikko Rantanen against the Coyotes. He's gone 10 games without a point and has one goal in the past 24 games.
Unfortunately for Nathan MacKinnon, he'll apparently be stuck with Carl Soderberg and Joe Colborne.
The projected lineup:
FORWARDS Gabriel Landeskog -- Matt Duchene -- Mikko Rantanen Carl Soderberg -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Joe Colborne Sven Andrighetto -- J.T. Compher -- Rene Bourque John Mitchell -- Blake Comeau -- Matt Nieto
DEFENSE Mark Barberio -- Erik Johnson Fedor Tyutin -- Tyson Barrie Francois Beauchemin -- Cody Goloubef
GOALIES Calvin Pickard Jeremy Smith