Colorado Avalanche (40-20-5, third in the Central Division) vs. Calgary Flames (31-28-5, sixth in the Pacific Division)
Calgary, Alberta; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: The Calgary Flames host the Colorado Avalanche after the Avalanche took down the Minnesota Wild 2-1 in overtime.
Calgary is 31-28-5 overall and 16-14-1 in home games. The Flames have a -2 scoring differential, with 200 total goals scored and 202 given up.
Colorado has a 40-20-5 record overall and a 14-14-5 record in road games. The Avalanche rank first in the league with 239 total goals (averaging 3.7 per game).
The teams meet Tuesday for the third time this season. The Avalanche won the last matchup 6-5.
TOP PERFORMERS: Nazem Kadri has scored 22 goals with 33 assists for the Flames. Jonathan Huberdeau has one goal and seven assists over the last 10 games.
Valeri Nichushkin has scored 23 goals with 20 assists for the Avalanche. Nathan MacKinnon has eight goals and 14 assists over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Flames: 6-4-0, averaging 3.4 goals, 5.3 assists, 5.1 penalties and 13.3 penalty minutes while giving up 3.7 goals per game.
Avalanche: 7-2-1, averaging 3.6 goals, 6.5 assists, 3.6 penalties and 7.5 penalty minutes while giving up 1.8 goals per game.
INJURIES: Flames: A.J. Greer: out (foot), Connor Zary: out (upper body), Daniil Miromanov: out (trade-related).
Avalanche: Zach Parise: day to day (lower body), Gabriel Landeskog: out for season (knee), Chris Wagner: day to day (upper body), 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.
