NHL Game Preview: Colorado Avalanche at St. Louis Blues with Line Combinations 2/23/2025

Cale Makar skating for the Colorado Avalanche
Photo by Aaron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post

Colorado Avalanche at St. Louis Blues

Venue: Enterprise Center
Date: Sunday, February 8
Time: 5:00 pm CST 
TV: ESPN+ / SN / TVAS / FDSNMW / ALT / KTVD
Radio
Colorado – Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM / 950 AM
St. Louis – 101 ESPN (101.1 FM)

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Colorado
-1.5 ML +170
St. Louis +1.5 ML -205
O/U 5.5

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Colorado Avalanche News & Notes: 

With all of the injuries this season, the Avalanche have struggled to keep the winning ways consistent. They’re currently in the first Wild Card position and are four points behind the Minnesota Wild for third place in the Central Division.

It will be interesting to see what additional moves the Avalanche make prior to the trade deadline. They have plenty of space and a general manager who isn’t afraid to pull the trigger.

St. Louis Blues News & Notes:

After adding Dylan Holloway and Philip Broberg, the season hasn’t gone as expected for the Blues. Since the coaching change to Jim Montgomery, they are 16-14-4. While St. Louis is only 7 points back of a Wild Card spot, those odds continue to dwindle daily, leading the Blues to take calls on captain Brayden Schenn.

Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines:

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

Toews-Makar
Girard-Malinski
de Haan-Middleton

Blackwood
Wedgewood

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St. Louis Blues Projected Lines:

Neighbours-Thomas-Buchnevich
Holloway-Schenn-Kyrou
Joseph-Sundqvist-Bolduc
Toropchenko-Faksa-Walker

Broberg-Faulk
Fowler-Parayko
Suter-Leddy

Binnington
Hofer

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Players To Watch:

Colorado Avalanche

Cale Makar has 63 points in 58 games this season and is second on the team in goals scored with 22.

St. Louis Blues

Jordan Binnington led Team Canada to a victory while having a tough season between the pipes for the Blues. Binnington has a 2.89 GAA and a .897 SV%.

Injury Report:

Colorado Avalanche

RW Valeri Nichushkin – IR
G Scott Wedgewood – DTD
D Tucker Poolman – IR
LW Gabriel Landeskog – LTIR
D Josh Manson – DTD

St. Louis Blues

D Torey Krug – LTIR – Will Miss The Entire Season

Next Game:

Colorado Avalanche – February 26 vs. New Jersey Devils
St. Louis Blues – February 25 vs. Seattle Kraken

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