Monday's win extended Colorado's point streak to 15 outings (13-0-2), the longest point streak in the NHL this season and the second longest in franchise history. The team can tie the franchise record of 16 straight games with at least a point, a mark set by the 2001 Stanley Cup championship squad from Dec. 27, 2000 - Jan. 30, 2001.
Philipp Grubauer will once again be in the crease this evening, making his 32nd start of the year. He leads the NHL in wins (24) and shutouts (five) and among netminders who have appeared in at least 10 games ranks first in goals-against average (1.83) and fourth in save percentage (.926).
Grubauer is 12-0-1 in his last 13 games, setting a franchise mark for consecutive games (13) with a point. It's the longest streak without a regulation loss by an Avalanche netminder since 2013-14 (Semyon Varlamov, 11-0-5).
Against the Wild so far this season, Grubauer has one shutout and a 5-1-0 record with a .919 save percentage and 2.01 goals-against average.
It is the eighth and final meeting between the clubs this regular season. The Avs are 5-1-1 against Minnesota this year, matching its most wins ever against the Wild (5-0-0 in 2000-01 and 5-3-0 in 2005-06).
Below is the Avalanche's projected lineup. All forward combinations and defensive pairings are subject to change.
Forwards
92 Gabriel Landeskog - 29 Nathan MacKinnon - 96 Mikko Rantanen
20 Brandon Saad - 91 Nazem Kadri - 95 Andre Burakovsky
13 Valeri Nichushkin - 17 Tyson Jost - 72 Joonas Donskoi
38 Liam O'Brien - 41 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare - 37 J.T. Compher
Defensemen
49 Samuel Girard - 7 Devon Toews
27 Ryan Graves - 8 Cale Makar
34 Jacob MacDonald - 88 Kyle Burroughs
Goaltenders
31 Philipp Grubauer
35 Jonas Johansson
Taxi Squad:Peyton Jones, Jayson Megna, Keaton Middleton, Greg Pateryn
Injury Report:Bowen Byram (upper body), Matt Calvert (upper body), Pavel Francouz (lower body), Erik Johnson (upper body), Logan O'Connor (lower body)
