It didn't take long for coach Patrick Roy to make lineup changes. One day after reshuffling the Avalanche's top two lines, he revealed Saturday morning that all four lines will have a different look for tonight's home opener against the Minnesota Wild.
Here is the Avalanche's latest lineup:
FORWARDS Jamie McGinn - Matt Duchene - Jarome Iginla Gabriel Landeskog - Ryan O'Reilly - Dennis Everberg Alex Tanguay - Nathan MacKinnon - Daniel Briere Cody McLeod - Marc-Andre Cliche - Max Talbot
DEFENSEMEN Brad Stuart - Erik Johnson Nick Holden - Tyson Barrie Jan Hejda - Ryan Wilson
GOALIES Semyon Varlamov Reto Berra
Defensemen Nate Guenin and Zach Redmond will be scratched. Forwards Patrick Bordeleau (back surgery) John Mitchell (migraines) and Jesse Winchester (concussion) are injured.
The Avalanche were outshot 48-16 in Thursday's 5-0 loss to the Wild on Thursday in the season opener in Minnesota.
"Looking at our guys yesterday, they were not happy with their performance," Roy said. "I think it's important to regroup. We talked about it and we know we have to compete better than we did. That was the big difference in that game. (The Wild) were sharp, they were moving the puck quick, they were winning battles and it's going to come up to that.
"Tonight in front of our fans it will be important to have a good start. The start of the game is going to be key for us in a way that it's going to bring a lot of confidence if we can score early."
The Avalanche already have hung the Central Division championship banner they won last season. It is Colorado's ninth division title since the franchise moved to Denver in 1995-96, its first since 2002-03 ... The Avalanche are 12-3-3 in home openers, 10-2-2 at Pepsi Center after going 2-1-1 at since-razed McNichols Sports Arena.
Here's the Wild lineup:
FORWARDS Zach Parise - Mikael Granlund - Jason Pominville Matt Cooke - Mikko Koivu - Thomas Vanek Nino Niederreiter - Erik Haula - Charlie Coyle Jason Zucker - Kyle Brodziak - Ryan Carter
DEFENSEMEN Ryan Suter - Jonas Brodin Marco Scandella - Jared Spurgeon Matt Dumba - Christian Folin
GOALIES Darcy Kuemper Niklas Backstrom