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[Colorado Avalanche]

Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs. Calgary Flames (7:00 p.m.)

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It’s a Colorado Avalanche game day!

Coming off a disappointing OT loss to the Wild, Colorado has another chance to put some distance between themselves and a Western Conference wildcard hopeful. The surprising Flames have turned around a downward trend for the franchise thanks to excellent goaltending from rookie goalie Dustin Wolf, who is about to have his hands full with Nathan MacKinnon’s high powered Avalanche and their bevvy of new toys.

Colorado Avalanche Projected Lineup​

Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Martin Necas
Jonathan Drouin — Brock Nelson — Valeri Nichushkin
Joel Kiviranta — Charlie Coyle — Ross Colton
Parker Kelly — Jack Drury — Logan O’Connor

Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Ryan Lindgren — Josh Manson
Samuel Girard — Erik Johnson

Scott Wedgewood

Calgary Flames Projected Lineup​

Jonathan Huberdeau - Nazem Kadri - Matt Coronato
Joel Farabee - Yegor Sharangovich - Blake Coleman
Dryden Hunt - Morgan Frost - Joel Farabee
Ryan Lomberg - Kevin Rooney - Adam Klapka

Joel Hanley - MacKenzie Weegar
Kevin Bahl - Rasmus Andersson
Jake Bean - Daniil Miromanov

Dustin Wolf

Source: https://www.milehighhockey.com/2025...colorado-avalanche-vs-calgary-flames-7-00-p-m

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs. Dallas Stars (1:30 p.m.)

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It’s a Colorado Avalanche game day!

After extending their point streak against Minnesota and Calgary on the road, the Colorado Avalanche return home briefly for a matinee matchup against the Dallas Stars. This will be the third and final regular-season matchup between these two teams. This one is an emotional and highly anticipated matchup between Mikko Rantanen and his former teammates! Get your popcorn ready!

Colorado Avalanche​

It’s no secret that this game has massive playoff implications for Colorado. Dallas is likely the team the Avs will play for the first-round matchup, and with their win over Calgary on Friday night, Colorado is just three points behind the Stars for second place in the Central Division.

As for the elephant in the room, Colorado will also take on Mikko Rantanen today. He returns to Denver with the Dallas Stars, which will be a strange sight for everyone involved. The saga continues as Mikko tells his side of the story ahead of his matchup with Nathan MacKinnon and friends. We hear there are dinner plans!

️ Mikko Rantanen

“I want to thank the organization, the players, the coaches, and the fans for the last 10 years… that’s the first thing I want to say… it’s going to be emotional”#TexasHockey | #GoAvsGo | @gs_off_ice pic.twitter.com/aBlTTqeRPI

— Guerilla Sports (@guerillasports_) March 15, 2025​

Projected Lineup​

Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Martin Necas
Jonathan Drouin — Brock Nelson — Valeri Nichushkin
Joel Kiviranta — Charlie Coyle — Ross Colton
Parker Kelly — Jack Drury — Logan O’Connor

Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Ryan Lindgren — Josh Manson
Samuel Girard — Erik Johnson

Dallas Stars​

Dallas comes into this divisional matchup game off of another divisional matchup, in which they lost 4-1 to the Winnipeg Jets. This one is equally important to the Dallas Stars, who are clinging to that second spot in the Central. Some think home-ice advantage isn’t much of an advantage, but I’ve always argued that Colorado is the exception. Getting Dallas at altitude could be the tipping point in what should otherwise be a grueling and competitive first-round series against Dallas.

Everyone is ready for the Mikko Rantanen from Matt Duchene goal that’s bound to happen on Sunday right? #GoAvsGo

— Adrian Hernandez (@AdoHernandez27) March 13, 2025​

Projected Lineup​

Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz — Mikko Rantanen
Mason Marchment — Matt Duchene — Mikael Granlund
Jamie Benn — Wyatt Johnston — Evgenii Dadonov
Oskar Back — Mavrik Bourque — Sam Steel

Thomas Harley — Ilya Lyubushkin
Esa Lindel — Cody Ceci
Lian Bichsel — Matt Dumba

Goaltending​

It’s the season’s biggest game for both teams thus far, so expect the best on the best—Oettinger vs. Blackwood on national television. Here we go!

Source: https://www.milehighhockey.com/2025...d-colorado-avalanche-vs-dallas-stars-1-30-p-m