The Avalanche and Nashville Predators play at the Pepsi Center on Friday night, their second meeting in four days.
Here are the game notes for Tuesday.
The Avalanche dropped a 4-3 overtime decision in Nashville on Tuesday and lost 3-0 to the Predators at home on Dec. 9.
Colorado (20-18-11) is trying to find its way into the playoff picture in the Western Conference. The Avalanche have gone 7-2-1 in the past 10 home games and 11-5-5 overall since Dec. 11, but they still trail Calgary by four points (55-51) for the second wild-card position. The Flames also have a significant lead in non-shootout wins (23-14).
"We've been playing good hockey, especially defensively," coach Patrick Roy said. "We need a good start tonight, some good jump. What we'd like to see is good intensity and to be able to maintain that level for 60 minutes."
The Predators (31-10-6) are first in the Central Division and trail Anaheim by two points for the best record in the NHL. They've gone 9-1-4 in their past 14 games and are 2-1-2 since losing goalie Pekka Rinne to a sprained knee.
Carter Hutton has started every game since, but Marek Mazanec could start Friday because Hutton played Thursday in the Predators' 5-4 shootout loss in St. Louis. The Predators didn't skate Friday morning.
Here is the Avalanche lineup:
FORWARDS Alex Tanguay - Matt Duchene - Jarome Iginla Gabriel Landeskog - Ryan O'Reilly - Nathan MacKinnon Cody McLeod - John Mitchell - Dennis Everberg Max Talbot - Marc-Andre Cliche - Daniel Briere
DEFENSE Jan Hejda - Zach Redmond Nate Guenin - Tyson Barrie Nick Holden - Brad Stuart
GOALIES Semyon Varlamov Reto Berra