Colorado Avalanche (41-20-5, third in the Central Division) vs. Vancouver Canucks (42-17-7, first in the Pacific Division)
Vancouver, British Columbia; Wednesday, 10:30 p.m. EDT
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NHL LINE: Canucks -112, Avalanche -109; over/under is 6.5
BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Avalanche will attempt to keep their four-game win streak alive when they visit the Vancouver Canucks.
Vancouver is 42-17-7 overall and 21-6-3 at home. The Canucks have gone 14-4-4 in games they convert at least one power play.
Colorado has gone 15-14-5 on the road and 41-20-5 overall. The Avalanche lead NHL play with 245 total goals (averaging 3.7 per game).
Wednesday's game is the third time these teams square off this season. The Avalanche won 3-1 in the last matchup. Mikko Rantanen led the Avalanche with two goals.
TOP PERFORMERS: J.T. Miller has scored 32 goals with 53 assists for the Canucks. Quinn Hughes has one goal and nine assists over the past 10 games.
Cale Makar has 17 goals and 54 assists for the Avalanche. Nathan MacKinnon has eight goals and 14 assists over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Canucks: 5-4-1, averaging 2.9 goals, 5.2 assists, 3.1 penalties and 6.5 penalty minutes while giving up 2.8 goals per game.
Avalanche: 7-2-1, averaging 3.8 goals, 6.8 assists, 3.2 penalties and 6.7 penalty minutes while giving up 1.7 goals per game.
INJURIES: Canucks: Dakota Joshua: out (hand), Thatcher Demko: out (undisclosed), Tyler Myers: day to day (lower body), Tucker Poolman: out (head).
Avalanche: Zach Parise: day to day (lower body), Gabriel Landeskog: out for season (knee), Artturi Lehkonen: day to day (illness), Pavel Francouz: out for season (groin), Logan O'Connor: out for season (lower body).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
