NHL Game Preview: Colorado Avalanche at Dallas Stars with Line Combinations 11/29/2024

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Colorado Avalanche (13-10-0, 26 pts) at Dallas Stars (13-8-0, 26 pts)
Venue: American Airlines Center
Date: Friday, November 29
Time: 9:00 pm ET / 8:00 pm CT

TV: TNT / MAX
Radio:
Colorado Avalanche – Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM / 950 AM
Dallas Stars – The Ticket 96.7 FM / 1310 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Colorado Avalanche +1.5 ML +110
Dallas Stars -1.5 ML -130
O/U 6.5

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Colorado Avalanche News & Notes:

The Avalanche are tied with Dallas for third in the Central Division, but the Stars have two games in hand. Colorado is 2-3-0 against the Central Division this season. The Avalanche have won four of their last five games, with the latest victory being a 2-1 shootout win over the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday night.

Dallas Stars News & Notes:

Dallas is 4-2-0 against the Central Division this season and is 8-2-0 at home this season. The Stars return home tonight looking to snap their losing streak after dropping two in a row on the road. Tonight is the first of three meetings between the Stars and Avalanche this season.

Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines:

Lehkonen-MacKinnon-Nichushkin
Kovalenko-Mittelstadt-Rantanen
Wood-Ivan-Kiviranta
Bradley-Kelly-O’Connor

Toews-Makar
Girard-Manson
De Haan-Malinski

Georgiev
Annunen

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Dallas Stars Projected Lines:

Robertson-Hintz-Johnston
Marchment-Duchene-Seguin
Benn-Bourque-Dadonov
Back-Steel-Blackwell

Lindell-Heiskanen
Harley-Lyubushkin
Lundkvist-Petrovic

Oettinger
DeSmith

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Players To Watch:

Colorado Avalanche

Nathan MacKinnon has been in a little bit of a slump lately with only two assists in his last six games. MacKinnon is still tied for second in the NHL in scoring with 35 points (7g, 28a) in 23 games. In four games against Dallas the 29-year-old Halifax, Nova Scotia native had seven points (3g, 4a) in four games.

Dallas Stars

Matt Duchene is leading the Stars in points this season with 26 points (12g, 14a) in 21 games. Duchene has a three-game point streak heading into tonight’s contest with the Avalanche. Duchene is on pace for a career-high 47 goals, the most in a single season since he had 43 goals for Nashville during the 2021-22 season.

Injury Report:

Colorado Avalanche

D Oliver Kylington – OUT
C Jonathan Drouin – OUT
LW Miles Wood – IR
C Ross Colton – IR
LW Gabriel Landeskog – LTIR

Dallas Stars

C Logan Stankoven – OUT

Next Game:

Colorado Avalanche – November 30 vs. Edmonton Oilers
Dallas Stars – December 1 vs. Winnipeg Jets

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