PHILADELPHIA — Two key Avalanche players will return to the lineup Monday night against the Philadelphia Flyers, who fired head coach Alain Vigneault in the morning after Sunday’s 7-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Colorado top-scoring forward Nazem Kadri and Cale Makar, who leads all NHL defensemen with 10 goals, will play at Wells Fargo Center after missing Saturday’s 6-5 overtime loss at Ottawa with injuries.
“Two guys who are having phenomenal seasons,” Avs coach Jared Bednar said of Kadri and Makar after the morning skate. “You get two high-impact players in your lineup in almost all scenarios … Should be a big shot in the arm for our team coming into this one.