Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs. Winnipeg Jets (7:30 p.m.)
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It’s a Colorado Avalanche game day!
It’s simple - Can Alexandar Georgiev bounce back and play a decent game? If not, Game Two is going to look a lot like Game One.
A lot of fans and media personalities questioned whether the Avalanche could ever put Georgiev back in net after giving up seven goals on just 23 shots, a historically bad playoff performance. But Justus Annunen is still sick, and while Ivan Prosvetov was called up he’s just coming back from injury and he’s still Ivan Prosvetov.
Georgiev is the only real starting option, barring a miraculous Annunen recovery. On the other side, Connor Hellebuyck is going to bounce back from giving up 6 goals on 46 shots. Colorado will not score that many tonight, I guarantee it - they’ll have to win with 3 or 4 and stout enough defense to make Georgiev’s night easy.
Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines
Zach Parise (9) – Nathan MacKinnon (29) – Mikko Rantanen (96)Artturi Lehkonen (62) – Casey Mittelstadt (37) – Valeri Nichushkin (13)Miles Wood (28) – Ross Colton (20) – Joel Kiviranta (94)Andrew Cogliano (11) – Yakov Trenin (73) – Brandon Duhaime (12)
Devon Toews (7) – Cale Makar (8)Sam Girard (49) – Josh Manson (42)Jack Johnson (3) – Sean Walker (26)
Alexandar Georgiev (40)
Note: If Sam Girard is unable to to go, expect Caleb Jones to slot into his lineup spot, and Sean Walker to move up to the second defensive pairing.
Winnipeg Jets Projected Lines
Kyle Connor (81) – Mark Schiefele (55) – Gabriel Vilardi (13)Nikolaj Ehlers (26) – Sean Monohan (23) – Tyler Toffoli (73)Nino Niederreiter (62) – Adam Lowry (17) – Mason Appleton (22)David Gustafsson (19) – Vladislav Namestnikov (7) – Alex Iafallo (9)
Josh Morrissey (44) – Dylan Demelo (2)Brenden Dillon (5) – Neal Pionk (4)Logan Stanley (64) – Dylan Samberg (54)
Connor Hellebuyck (37)
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