NHL Game Preview: Colorado Avalanche at New York Rangers with Line Combinations 1/26/2025

Colorado Avalanche (28-20-2, 58 pts) at New York Rangers (24-20-4, 52 pts)

Venue: Madison Square Garden
Date: Sunday, January 26
Time: 1:00 pm EST

TV: ESPN+ / ALT / MSG
Radio:
Colorado Avalanche – Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM / 950 AM
New York Rangers – WEPN-FM 98.7 ESPN New York

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Colorado Avalanche +1.5 ML -105
New York Rangers -1.5 ML -115
O/U 5.5

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Colorado Avalanche News & Notes:

The Avalanche made a blockbuster trade shipping out Mikko Rantanen for forwards Martin Necas, Jack Drury, and a second-round draft pick in the 2025 NHL Draft, and a fourth-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. Carolina received Rantanen and Taylor Hall from Chicago, with the Blackhawks retaining 50% of Rantanen’s $9.25 million salary, while Chicago received a 3rd round pick back from the Hurricanes. The new players got on the ice right away with the Avalanche losing 3-1 to the Bruins on Saturday afternoon. It will take some time for Avalanche players to get over the shock of the trade and try to integrate Necas and Drury into the fold.

New York Rangers News & Notes:

The Rangers have won two games in a row and four of their last five contests as they thrust themselves back into playoff contention after being left for dead. New York is 7-0-3 in their last ten games but it may be too little, too late after digging such a deep hole to climb out of, there are nine teams in the Eastern Conference fighting for the two wild-card spots.

Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines:

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

Toews-Makar
Girard-Manson
Middleton-Malinski

Blackwood
Wedgewood

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New York Rangers Projected Lines:

Panarin-Trocheck-Lafreniere
Cuylle-Zibanejad-Smith
Kreider-Chytil-Kaliyev
Edstrom-Brodzinski-Rempe

Lindgren-Fox
Miller-Borgen
Vaakanainen-Schneider

Shesterkin
Quick

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Players To Watch:

Colorado Avalanche

Nathan MacKinnon had his five-game point streak snapped in Boston, but the dynamic center from Halifax, Nova Scotia, still leads the NHL in scoring with 75 points (19g, 56a) in 50 games. MacKinnon had two assists in the Avalanche’s 3-2 overtime win over the Rangers on January 14.

New York Rangers

Adam Fox has three straight multi-point games for the Rangers with 1 goal and five assists over the three-game stretch. Fox is second on the Rangers in scoring with 40 points (3g, 37a) in 48 games. Fox is shooting a career-low 3.8 percent this year after shooting a career-high 12.4 percent with 17 goals last season.

Injury Report:

Colorado Avalanche

RW Valeri Nichushkin – OUT
LW Miles Wood – IR
D Oliver Kylington – IR
D Tucker Poolman – IR
LW Gabriel Landeskog – LTIR

New York Rangers

None

Next game:

Colorado Avalanche – January 28 at New York Islanders
New York Rangers – January 28 vs. Carolina Hurricanes

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