NHL Game Preview: Colorado Avalanche at Vancouver Canucks with Line Combinations 2/4/2025

Colorado Avalanche (31-21-2, 64 pts) at Vancouver Canucks (23-18-11, 57 pts)

Venue: Rogers Arena
Date: Tuesday, February 4
Time: 10:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+/ALT/SNP
Radio: 
Colorado – Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM / 950 AM
Vancouver – Sportsnet 650 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Colorado: -1.5 ML -130
Vancouver: +1.5 ML +110
O/U 6

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Colorado Avalanche News & Notes:

The Avalanche picked up their second straight win on Sunday in a 2-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. MacKenzie Blackwood has posted back-to-back shutouts and hasn’t allowed a goal since the 2:29 mark of last Tuesday’s 5-2 loss to the New York Islanders. They are also 3-1-0 in their last four averaging 3.50 goals per game and allowing an average of 2.25 goals per game.

Vancouver Canucks News & Notes: 

The Canucks suffered their second straight loss as they lost 3-2 to the Detroit Red Wings in overtime on Sunday. They are 3-2-0 in their last five games and average three goals per game while allowing 2.40 goals per game. They trail the Flames for the final wild-card spot by two points.

Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines:

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

Toews-Makar
Girard-Manson
Middleton-Malinski

Blackwood
Miner

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Vancouver Canucks Projected Lines:

DeBrusk-E.Pettersson-Boeser
Joshua-Chytil-Garland
O’Connor-Suter-Sherwood
Hoglander-Blueger-Karlsson

Forbort-Hronek
M.Pettersson-Myers
E.N.Pettersson-Juulsen

Demko
Lankinen

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Players To Watch:

Colorado Avalanche

Cale Makar this season has 58 points on 19 goals and 39 assists. He’s faced the Canucks ten times in his career recording 15 points on three goals and 12 assists; in the previous meeting this season he recorded an assist.

Vancouver Canucks

Kiefer Sherwood this season has 22 points on 13 goals and nine assists. He’s faced the Avalanche seven times in his career recording six points on five goals and an assist; in the matchup earlier this season he had a hat trick.

Injury Report:

Colorado Avalanche

F Valeri Nichushkin – IR
G Scott Wedgewood – DTD
D Oliver Kylington – IR
D Tucker Poolman – IR
F Gabriel Landeskog – LTIR

Vancouver Canucks

D Quinn Hughes – IR

Next game:

Colorado – February 6 at Calgary Flames
Vancouver – February 6 at San Jose Sharks

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