As a team, Colorado has won four games in a row and has points in 14 straight outings (12-0-2), tied for the second-longest streak in franchise history (16 games, 12-0-3-1, Dec. 27, 2000-Jan. 30, 2001).
The Avs will make one change to their lineup this evening as Kyle Burroughs will make his NHL debut and will be paired on defense with Jacob MacDonald.
Burroughs along with Jayson Megna, Greg Pateryn and goaltender Peyton Jones were recalled from the American Hockey League's Colorado Eagles on Sunday. The Avs reassigned Sheldon Dries, Dan Renouf, Kiefer Sherwood, T.J. Tynan and goaltender Adam Werner to the Eagles to get them more playing time. The Avalanche is on the road all week while the Eagles begin a four-game homestand against the Texas Stars on Tuesday.
Colorado acquired Burroughs in a trade with the New York Islanders on Oct. 30 in exchange for A.J. Greer.
The Wild has won two consecutive contests after sweeping a set at the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday and Saturday and is 5-1-1 in its last seven games since playing the Avalanche. Colorado defeated Minnesota 5-1 on March 18 and 6-0 on March 20 in the clubs' last meetings.
Below is the Avalanche's projected lineup for tonight's game at the Wild. 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)
