NHL Game Preview: Colorado Avalanche at Edmonton Oilers with Line Combinations 2/7/2025

Colorado Avalanche (32-22-2, 66 pts) at Edmonton Oilers (34-16-4, 72 pts)

Venue: Rogers Place
Date: Friday, February 7
Time: 10:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+/ALT/SNP
Radio:
Colorado – Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM / 950 AM
Edmonton – Oilers Radio 880 CHED

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Colorado: +1.5 ML +154
Edmonton: -1.5 ML -185
O/U 6.5

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Colorado Avalanche News & Notes:

The Avalanche picked up a 4-2 win last night over the Calgary Flames. Colorado is 5-4-1 in their last ten games and are averaging 2.80 goals per game while allowing an average of 2.60 goals per game. They still hold the top spot in the wild card race in the Western Conference.

Edmonton Oilers News & Notes:

The Oilers picked up their second straight win on Wednesday with a 4-3 overtime win over the Chicago Blackhawks. They’ve now won five of their last seven games and have points in six of their last seven games. They’re averaging 3.57 goals per game while allowing an average of 2.57 goals per game. They hold a four-point lead over the Vegas Golden Knights for first place in the Pacific Division.

Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines:

Lehkonen-MacKinnon-Necas
Drouin-Mittelstadt-Parssinen
Wood-Drury-Colton
Kiviranta-Kelly-O’Connor

Toews-Makar
Girard-Malinski
de Haan-Kylington

Miner
Blackwood

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Edmonton Oilers Projected Lines

Arvidsson-McDavid-Hyman
Skinner-Draisaitl-Podkolzin
Janmark-Nugent-Hopkins-Brown
Perry-Henrique-Kapanen

Ekholm-Bouchard
Nurse-Klingberg
Kulak-Emberson

Pickard
Skinner

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Players To Watch:

Colorado Avalanche

Martin Necas this season has 63 points on 19 goals and 44 assists, eight of those points came since being acquired by the Avalanche in which he has three goals and five assists. He’s faced the Oilers ten times in his career recording eight points on three goals and five assists; he’s faced the Oilers twice already this season recording three points on a goal and two assists.

Edmonton Oilers

Evan Bouchard this season has 43 points on nine goals and 34 assists. He’s faced the Avalanche ten times in his career recording eight points on three goals and five assists; in the two previous meetings this season he scored a goal and recorded two assists.