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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: 39-24-3

The Opponent: Calgary Flames (30-23-11)

Time: 7:00 p.m. MT

Watch: Altitude, Altitude+, ESPN+

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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