Colorado Avalanche (24-23-11) at Chicago Blackhawks (35-18-5) 7:30PM Central/6:30 Mountain CSN Chicago/Altitude
THE BUZZ
The Hawks have been playing better the last 7 games, going 4-0-3 in that span. The cloud to that silver lining is they are 2-0-3 on their current homestand. OK for most teams, kinda worrisome for a team with Stanley Cup aspirations.
How good is the Western Conference of the NHL? The Avalanche are a game over .500 and pretty close to out of playoff contention. This remains a dangerous club that can give the Hawks problems with their speed.
Nothing new on the trade rumor front this morning.
THE NUMBERS:
Power Play Colorado, 29th, 12.2% Chicago, 14th, 18.5%
Penalty Kill Colorado, 11th, 82.6% Chicago, 1st, 88.0%
5-on-5 GF/GA Colorado, 16th, 1.03 Chicago, 5th, 1.20
THE LINEUPS (PROJECTED)
Colorado
Landeskog O’Reilly MacKinnon Talbot Duchene Iginla Tanguay Mitchell Everberg McLeod Cliché Carey
Guenin Barrie Hejda Redmond Stuart Holden
Varlamov
Chicago
Saad Toews Hossa Versteeg Richards Kane Bickell Shaw Hartman Sharp Kruger Smith
Keith Rozsival Oduya Hjalmarsson Seabrook Cumiskey
Crawford
All for now,
JJ
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