The Colorado Avalanche face the Ottawa Senators with both teams heading in opposite directions to close out the season. The Avalanche have a 38-22-6 record and are in third place in the Central Division while the Senators have a 33-30-4 record and with three losses in a row have fallen to the bottom of the Atlantic Division and to sixth place in the wild card race. Both teams are looking to improve in their conferences and the upcoming game should be a good one as a result.
The Avalanche are having a great season with their offense stepping up and scoring 3.23 goals per game. Mikko Rantanen and Nathan MacKinnon have scored 72 goals and 87 assists to lead the top line but the entire offense has stepped up. J.T. Compher, Valeri Nichushkin, and Evan Rodrigues have combined for 40 goals and 69 assists while defenseman Cale Makar has added 15 goals and 40 assists from the point to open up the offense.
The offense has been great but the defense has stepped up as well, allowing only 2.80 goals per game. Makar and Toews have combined for 9.9 defensive point shares and 179 blocked shots while Samuel Girard and Josh Manson have combined for 4.0 defensive point shares to add depth to the unit. The hope is that goaltender Jonas Johansson can step up as he is expected to start with the Avalanche playing the second game of a back-to-back but he has only faced seven shots all se ason.
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