Cale Makar is from Calgary and played for the Brooks Bandits of the Alberta Junior Hockey League from 2014-2017. Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar was an assistant coach for the Flames' AHL affiliate, Abbotsford Heat, during the 2009-10 season… Flames Defenseman Nikita Zadorov played five seasons with Colorado from 2015-2020.
HISTORY
The Avalanche is on a seven-game point streak against the Flames, dating back to the 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
Newly acquired forward Artturi Lehkonen will travel with the team to Minnesota but will not see the ice as his immigration status is being updated.
INJURY REPORT
Gabriel Landeskog remains out after knee surgery without a set return date. Samuel Girard continues to rehab a lower-body injury and is out on a week-to-week basis. Bowen Byram has been practicing with the team and is now taking contact but remains out on personal leave due to lingering head injury concerns.
SCOUTING THE FLAMES
The Calgary Flames are facing Colorado in their third matchup this month. The Flames are 4-0-1 in their past five games. The Flames' are coming off of a 9-5 win Saturday over the Edmonton Oilers. The Flames club has had two days of rest between games in this last matchup between the clubs this season.
NUMBERS GAME
81
Nazem Kadri notched two points (1g/1a) to reach 81 for the season, tied for seventh in the league.
15
Mikko Rantanen scored his 15th power-play goal of the season, ranked third in the NHL and one shy of his career-best (16) set during the 2018-19 campaign.
NOTEBOOK
Mikko Rantanen passes Adam Deadmarsh on the franchise GWG leaderboard and is now tied for the 13th all-time. Both Avalanche goals were scored in the third period, and Colorado has now collected 94 markers in the final frame of regulation, the most in the league and fourth-most third-period tallies since the club moved to Denver.
