The Colorado Avalanche are still trying to claw their way into a playoff spot. Props to them — they’ve now been three games without star center Nathan MacKinnon, going 2-1-0 in his absence so far. (This makes the fourth of hopefully only seven games sans Nate.)
Colorado is coming off a 3-1 win over the San Jose Sharks in Pepsi Center. St. Louis fell 6-2 to the (hated) Minnesota Wild on Tuesday. That’s a game you wanted to see both forfeit, but the Blues would have done the Avs a solid by winning.
Colorado and St. Louis have met twice already this season.