Overview
- Colorado and Detroit close a home-and-home at Ball Arena after the Avalanche’s 5-0 win in Detroit.
- Nathan MacKinnon scored twice and Mackenzie Blackwood made 28 saves in the shutout that opened the set.
- Confirmed starters are Blackwood for Colorado and John Gibson for Detroit, who was pulled after four goals on 17 shots in the last meeting.
- Colorado gets defenseman Devon Toews back, Martin Necas remains day-to-day and out, and Gabriel Landeskog is sidelined for weeks with an upper-body injury.
- Detroit enters on a three-game winless stretch with recent power-play struggles, while Colorado is 14-0-1 in its last 15 against the Red Wings.