9:07 pm
January 15

Avalanche @ Coyotes

Who will WIN this matchup?

Colorado Avalanche (23-8-3)

@ Arizona Coyotes (8-23-4)

 

Starting Goalies:

Darcy Kuemper (COL): Confirmed

Karel Vejmelka (ARI): Confirmed

 

Current odds:

Colorado Avalanche: (-410)

Arizona Coyotes: (+340)

 

• The Colorado Avalanche look to bring their home success on the road when they visit the Arizona Coyotes in the second half of a back-to-back, home-and-home set on Saturday. The Avalanche took the opener 4-3 in a shootout in Denver on Friday, earning their 13th consecutive win on home ice. Colorado is 8-6-2 as the visitor.

• Colorado is 6-0-1 in its past seven games and 11-1-1 in its past 13.

• Nazem Kadri scored the shootout winner for the Avalanche and has been on a tear since the end of November. He produced six goals and 17 assists in a 13-game point streak that ended against Arizona, as shootout goals are not part of the official stats.

• The Coyotes scored three unanswered goals after the Avalanche jumped out to a 2-0 lead before Colorado tied it. Despite the loss, the Coyotes are hoping to build off the effort. Arizona is 3-2-2 in its past seven games and earned points in consecutive games for the second time during that stretch. The Coyotes will be looking to extend a point streak to three games for only the third time this season.

• Goaltender Karel Vejmelka (4-13-1, 3.17 goals-against average) could get the start for Arizona on Saturday. Avalanche goalie Darcy Kuemper, who played four seasons with the Coyotes before being traded in the offseason, is expected to start in what would be his first game against his former team. Pavel Francouz was in net for Colorado on Friday, and he yielded three goals on 26 shots.

• Including a five-game victory in a 2020 Western Conference first-round playoff series, the Avalanche are 11-2-1 in their past 14 games against the Coyotes.

7/10
Confidence
StreakSmarter Pick
Colorado Avalanche
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