The Avalanche close out their eight-game season series with the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday, trying to match the longest point streak in franchise history.
They’ve won five games in a row and have a point in 15 consecutive games (13-0-2). The franchise record is 16 (12-0-4) set in 2000-01 when the Avalanche won the Stanley Cup.
Here are the GAME NOTES.
They’ve gone 5-1-1 against the Wild this season.
The Avalanche will use the same lineup they did Monday in a 5-4 win against the Wild, who had won 11 consecutive home games before that defeat.
Philipp Grubauer, who has set the franchise record for consecutive games without a regulation loss – 13 games (12-0-1) -- will get the start, his 32nd of the season.
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Martin Kaut has gotten off to an impressive start with the Colorado Eagles with 10 points (five goals, five assists) in eight games.
Kaut, who was the Avalanche’s first-round pick (No. 16) in the 2018 NHL draft, scored two goals on Tuesday in the Eagles’ 5-4 win against the Texas Stars.
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The Avalanche lineup:
FORWARDS Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen Brandon Saad -- Nazem Kadri -- Andre Burakovsky Valeri Nichushkin -- Tyson Jost -- Joonas Donskoi J.T. Compher -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Liam O’Brien
DEFENSE Devon Toews -- Samuel Girard Ryan Graves -- Cale Makar Jacob MacDonald -- Kyle Burroughs
GOALIES Philipp Grubauer Jonas Johansson