NHL Game Preview: Colorado Avalanche at New York Islanders with Line Combinations 1/28/2025

Mathew Barzal assists Bo Horvat of the New York Islanders
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Colorado Avalanche (29-20-2, 61 Pts) at New York Islanders (21-20-7, 49 Pts)
Venue: UBS Arena
Date: Tonight – Tuesday, January 28
Time: 7:30 pm EST

TV: ESPN+, Hulu
Radio:
Colorado – KKSE 950 AM
New York – 98.7 ESPN

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Colorado -1.5 ML -142
New York +1.5 ML +120
O/U 5.5

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Colorado Avalanche News & Notes:

The Avalanche snapped a three-game winless skid on Sunday afternoon by beating the New York Rangers 5-4. Colorado is eighth in the NHL, with 3.27 goals scored per game. The Avs are 31st in the NHL in faceoff percentage.

New York Islanders News & Notes:

The Islanders have won seven of their last nine games after a 3-2 overtime win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday. The Isles picked up their first win of the season against Colorado with a 6-2 victory on October 14 in Denver. New York is 11-11-2 at home this season.

Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines

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

ToewsMakar
Girard-Manson
Middleton-Malinski

Blackwood
Wedgewood

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New York Islanders Projected Lines

Lee-Horvat-Barzal
Duclair-Nelson-Palmieri
Cizikas-Pageau-Holmstrom
Tsyplakov-MacLean-Gatcomb

Pelech-Mayfield
Romanov-DeAngelo
George-Cholowski

Sorokin
Skarek

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Players To Watch:

Colorado Avalanche

Nathan MacKinnon has 19 goals and 58 assists for the Avalanche. Artturi Lehkonen has scored six goals and added two assists over the last ten games.

New York Islanders

Anders Lee has 22 goals and 16 assists for the Islanders. Bo Horvat has seven goals and three assists over the last ten games. Brock Nelson scored twice against Colorado in the first meeting.

Injury Report:

Colorado Avalanche

LW Gabriel Landeskog – LTIR
D Tucker Poolman – IR
LW Miles Wood – IR – Month to month
D Oliver Kylington – IR
RW Valeri Nichushkin – Week to week

New York Islanders

G Semyon Varlamov – Day to day
D Mike Reilly – Day to day
RW Hudson Fasching – Out two weeks
D Ryan Pulock – IR
G Marcus Hogberg – IR
D Noah Dobson – IR

Next Game

Colorado Avalanche – January 31 vs St. Louis Blues
New York Islanders – January 30 at Philadelphia Flyers

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