The Colorado Avalanche face the Minnesota Wild with both teams looking to improve on promising seasons. The Avalanche have a 28-19-3 record while the Wild have a 28-20-5 record but with only three wins in their last 10 games have fallen to the middle of the Central Division. Both teams are looking to improve in the division and the Western Conference and the upcoming game should be a great one as a result.
The Avalanche are having a great season with their offense stepping up and scoring 3.00 goals per game. Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen have scored 50 goals and 71 assists to lead the top line but the rest of the offense has also stepped up. Artturi Lehkonen, J.T. Compher, and Evan Rodrigues have scored 36 goals and 45 assists while defenseman Cale Makar has added 13 goals and 32 assists from the point to open up the offense.
The offense has been great but the defense has carried the Avalanche, allowing only 2.76 goals per game. Cale Makar and Devon Toews have combined for 7.2 defensive point shares and 146 blocked shots while Erik Johnson and Samuel Girard have combined for 4.0 defensive point shares to add depth to the unit. Additionally, goaltender Pavel Francouz has stepped up with a .919 save percentage and a 2.53 goals-against average on 470 shots with 6.4 goals saved above avera ge.
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