Game 68
Buffalo Sabres (30-28-9) vs Colorado Avalanche (29-27-12)
Puck Drop: 3:00 PM EST | Pepsi Center | Denver, CO
TV: MSG-B
Radio: WGR 550
SB Nation Avalanche Blog: Mile High Hockey
Know Your Opponent
Colorado Avalanche
Record: (29-27-12) | 70 PTS
Last 10: 6-3-1
Division Ranking: 6th in Central Division
Conference Ranking: 7th in Western Conference
PP: 7th (22.5%)
PK: 28th (77.2%)
What to Watch
1. Mittelstadt to the wing
It looks like Casey Mittelstadt will play be playing left wing today for the Sabres. He practiced on a line yesterday with Johan Larsson and Jason Pominville. We’ll see if Phil Housley goes through it and how it works out.
2. Landeskog Out
The Avs will be without one of their key players today. Gabriel Landeskog is out four to six weeks with an upper-body injury after colliding with Ben Bishop of the Dallas Stars the other night.
Buffalo Sabres
Forwards
Jeff Skinner – Jack Eichel – Sam Reinhart
Conor Sheary – Evan Rodrigues – Kyle Okposo
Casey Mittelstadt – Johan Larsson – Jason Pominville
Zemgus Girgensons – Vladimir Sobotka – Scott Wilson
Defense
Rasmus Dahlin – Rasmus Ristolainen
Marco Scandella – Casey Nelson
Zach Bogosian – Brandon Montour
Starting Goaltender: Linus Ullmark (unconfirmed)
Colorado Avalanche
Forwards
Derick Brassard – Nathan MacKinnon – JT Compher
Colin Wilson – Carl Soderberg – Mikko Rantanen
Alex Kerfoot – Tyson Jost – Matt Calvert
Gabriel Bourque – Sheldon Dries – Sven Andrighetto
Defense
Samuel Girard – Erik Johnson
Ian Cole – Tyson Barrie
Patrik Nemeth – Ryan Graves
Starting Goaltender: Semyon Varlamov