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Avalanche chase 7-0-0 road mark in Carolina

Tuesday, 11.12.2013 / 1:29 PM

By Kurt Dusterberg - NHL.com Correspondent / 2013-2014 At the Rink Blog

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Avalanche chase 7-0-0 road mark in Carolina

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Colorado Avalanche will put their 6-0-0 road record on the line against the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday.

Colorado coach Patrick Roy said the key to winning away from Denver is making the right adjustments to combat each opponent's strengths.

"Their centers are pretty solid," Roy said of the Hurricanes. "So we're going to have to be solid on the puck and win our battles. We're going to have to put shots on [Hurricanes goalie Justin] Peters and test him early on. We've been playing with the lead, and when we are it seems we're a lot tougher to beat."

The Hurricanes are playing without some key contributors but coach Kirk Muller said he expects a few to be back soon. Goaltender Cam Ward has a few practices under his belt and may serve as the backup Friday against the Anaheim Ducks or Saturday at the St. Louis Blues.

Defenseman Tim Gleason, who has played three games, needs more practice time according to Muller. Gleason may return for the weekend games. Forward Jeff Skinner, who has missed seven games, could return to practice this weekend.

Here are the projected lineups for the Avalanche and the Hurricanes:

AVALANCHE

Ryan O'Reilly - Matt Duchene - PA Parenteau

Gabriel Landeskog - Paul Stastny - Jamie McGinn

John Mitchell - Nathan MacKinnon - Maxime Talbot

Cody McLeod - Marc-Andre Cliche - Patrick Bordeleau

Jan Hejda - Erik Johnson

Cory Sarich - Andre Benoit

Nick Holden - Nate Guenin

Semyon Varlamov

Jean-Sebastien Giguere

Scratched: Matt Hunwick

Injured: Ryan Wilson (back), Alex Tanguay (knee),

HURRICANES

Jiri Tlusty - Eric Staal - Alexander Semin

Nathan Gerbe - Jordan Staal - Patrick Dwyer

Chris Terry - Riley Nash - Tuomo Ruutu

Drayson Bowman - Manny Malhotra - Radek Dvorak

Justin Faulk - Andrej Sekera

Brett Bellemore - Ron Hainsey

Ryan Murphy - Jay Harrison

Justin Peters

Mike Murphy

Scratched: Mike Komisarek

Injured: Tim Gleason (upper body), Cam Ward (lower body), Anton Khudobin (lower body), Jeff Skinner (upper body), Kevin Westgarth (upper body)

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