Cale Makar is from Calgary and played for the Brooks Bandits of the Alberta Junior Hockey League from 2014-2017… Tyson Jost (St. Albert) and assistant coach Ray Bennett (Innisfail) and Nolan Pratt (Fort McMurray) are from the province of Alberta… Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar was an assistant coach for the Flames' AHL affiliate, Abbotsford Heat, during the 2009-10 season…
HISTORY
The Avalanche is on a six-game winning streak against the Flames, dating back to 2018-19 first-round playoff series. The Avs won the teams' first-ever postseason meeting in five games.
In 2019, Colorado won the first two matchups, beating the Flames 5-3 on opening night on Oct. 3 and then 3-2 in Calgary on Nov. 19. The Avalanche franchise owns an all-time mark of 68-75-24 against the Flames but is 57-53-12 since moving to Denver in 1995.
ROSTER REPORT
Bowen Byram is skating but remains out on personal leave.
INJURY REPORT
Valeri Nichushkin is out with an upper-body injury. Stefan Matteau is out with a lower-body injury.
SCOUTING THE FLAMES
In it's last four games, the Calgary Flames are 2-2 with two home games and two matchups in a visiting city. The Flames are currently leading the Pacific Division with 71 points so far this season and are seeded eight league-wide.
Calgary's offense has generated 3.52 Expected Goals per Game over their last eight games with 4.37 Goals For per Game.
NUMBERS GAME
10
Cale Makar extended his career-best assist streak to 10 games, setting a new franchise record for a defenseman. He surpasses John-Michael Liles, who recorded a helper in nine straight contests from Oct. 7-26, 2010. Makar's streak is the longest by an NHL blueliner since Sergei Gonchar's 10-game assist streak in 2012-13 and the second-longest in franchise history - Joe Sakic recorded an assist in 12 consecutive games in 1991-92.
11
Devon Toews scored his 11th goal of the season, building on his career-high. His 11 tallies are tied for fourth among NHL defensemen this season, and his +45 rating leads all NHL skaters.
24
Andre Burakovsky passes Ryan O'Reilly on the franchise GWG leaderboard and is now tied for 24th all-time.
NOTEBOOK
On this day in history, the Avalanche with Jerome Iginla, Nathan MacKinnon and Gabriel Landeskog as goal-scorers toppled the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 on March 5, 2015… Cale Makar extends his career-long point streak to 10 games, the longest by a defenseman in franchise history…Colorado's defensemen lead all teams in goals, assists (125) and points (172) in 2021-22. The club's 47 tallies are the most by a group of Avalanche defenseman since 2013-14 (48).
