The Colorado Avalanche are a strong home team, and they need to channel that strength as they face the once-rival Detroit Red Wings. It’s not that Detroit is so good — they’re second to last in the Eastern Conference — it’s that Colorado needs the points that badly.
The Colorado Avalanche are coming off a hard-fought game that still saw them lose to the NHL leaders, the Nashville Predators. To tell you how good they are, Nashville is the first team to have clinched a playoff spot with their 104 points.
The Red Wings, naturally, failed to do the Avs a solid and beat the Ducks on Friday.