The struggling Canes meet the struggling Avs.
After Tuesday’s debacle, RBA said the team stunk. It’s hard to argue with that. The Canes won’t skate this morning, so the lines will start as they practiced yesterday. New guy Tokarski will be on door opening duties.
Svechnikov - Aho - Roslovic
Robinson - Drury - Necas
Martinook - Staal - Jarvis
Carrier - Kotkaniemi - Blake
Slavin - Burns
Orlov - Chatfield
Gostisbehere - Walker
The Avs are 6-4 in their last 10 and sit 4th in the Central with 28 points in 26 games. They’re coming off a 5-4 win in Buffalo where they gave up 4 goals in the first but scored the next 5, including 4 in the 3rd. MacKinnon had 3 points and moved into a 3 way tie at the top of the league with Necas and Kaprizov. Old friend Calvin de Haan had 2 assists, including on the game winner. Mikko Rantanen and Cale Makar are also averaging better than a point per game, Makar leads all dmen in goals and assists. It’s good that they have all that firepower because their defense is awful. They’re 31st in goals against per game at 3.73. Alexandar Georgiev has started 16 games, he’s at 3.54/.867. He gave up all 4 Buffalo goals, on only 8 shots, and was pulled with just over 8 minutes left in the 1st. New guy Scott Wedgwood relieved him and had 22 saves. The Avs PP is good, 5th in the league, just behind the Canes. But they’re not good on the PK, 27th at 73.1%. They also can’t win a faceoff, 31st at 43.7%
Red jerseys tonight. FanDuel for TV.
After Tuesday’s debacle, RBA said the team stunk. It’s hard to argue with that. The Canes won’t skate this morning, so the lines will start as they practiced yesterday. New guy Tokarski will be on door opening duties.
Svechnikov - Aho - Roslovic
Robinson - Drury - Necas
Martinook - Staal - Jarvis
Carrier - Kotkaniemi - Blake
Slavin - Burns
Orlov - Chatfield
Gostisbehere - Walker
The Avs are 6-4 in their last 10 and sit 4th in the Central with 28 points in 26 games. They’re coming off a 5-4 win in Buffalo where they gave up 4 goals in the first but scored the next 5, including 4 in the 3rd. MacKinnon had 3 points and moved into a 3 way tie at the top of the league with Necas and Kaprizov. Old friend Calvin de Haan had 2 assists, including on the game winner. Mikko Rantanen and Cale Makar are also averaging better than a point per game, Makar leads all dmen in goals and assists. It’s good that they have all that firepower because their defense is awful. They’re 31st in goals against per game at 3.73. Alexandar Georgiev has started 16 games, he’s at 3.54/.867. He gave up all 4 Buffalo goals, on only 8 shots, and was pulled with just over 8 minutes left in the 1st. New guy Scott Wedgwood relieved him and had 22 saves. The Avs PP is good, 5th in the league, just behind the Canes. But they’re not good on the PK, 27th at 73.1%. They also can’t win a faceoff, 31st at 43.7%
Red jerseys tonight. FanDuel for TV.
