The Colorado Avalanche is heading to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs almost in full health. But even then, there are still a couple of big-name players who sat out the entire first round against the Nashville Predators.
The Avs lineup stayed mostly the same throughout the first round, with the exception of the injuries to Andrew Cogliano and Darcy Kuemper. This is what the Avs were running with against the Preds:
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Valeri Nichushkin (13) - Nathan MacKinnon (29) - Mikko Rantanen (96)
Gabriel Landeskog (92) - Nazem Kadri (91) - Artturi Lehkonen (62)
Andre Burakovsky (95) - J.