Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs. Florida Panthers (4:00 p.m.)

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Avalanche look to officially begin win streak against defending champs.
The Colorado Avalanche are back in action in Sunrise, Florida, where they’ll play visitor to the defending Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers. The Avs will look to officially begin a streak with a win this evening, as well as a 3-0-0 start to the road trip. Following a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals Thursday evening, As for the Panthers, they also played Thursday, falling 3-1 on the road to the Chicago Blackhawks. The Panthers will be looking for a bounce-back performance on home ice, and against the defending champs, the Avs will have their work cut out for them tonight.
Avalanche Projected Lines:
Artturi Lehkonen (62) - Nathan MacKinnon (29) - Jonathan Drouin (27)Valeri Nichushkin (13) - Casey Mittelstadt (37) - Mikko Rantanen (96)Joel Kiviranta (94) - Ivan Ivan (82) - Logan O’Connor (25)Miles Wood (28) - Parker Kelly (17) - Nikolai Kovalenko (51)
Devon Toews (7) - Cale Makar (8)Samuel Girard (49) - Josh Manson (42)Oliver Kylington (58) - Sam Malinski (70)
Alexandar Georgiev (40)Justus Annunen (60)
Panthers Projected Lines:
Evan Rodrigues (17) - Aleksander Barkov (16) - Sam Reinhart (13)Eetu Luostarinen (27) - Sam Bennett (9) - Matthew Tkachuk (19)Carter Verhaeghe (23) - Anton Lundell (15) - Mackie Samoskevich (25)A.J. Greer (10) - Jesper Boqvist (70) - Jonah Gadjovich (12)
Gustav Forsling (42) - Aaron Ekblad (5)Niko Mikkola (77) - Dimitry Kulikov (7)Uvis Balinskis (26) - Adam Boqvist (34)
Sergei Bobrovsky (72)Spencer Knight (30)
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