Colorado forward Darren Helm played with the Red Wings for 14 seasons before signing with the Avalanche for the 2021-22 season... Colorado forward J.T. Compher played at U.S. NTDP from 2011-2013 before skating three seasons at the University of Michigan from 2013-2016… Red Wings forward Vladislav Namestnikov played with the Avs during the 2019-20 season.
HISTORY
The Avs maintain a 56-61-5 all-time when playing the Red Wings. When on home ice they are 29-27-4, while on the road they are 27-34-1
The two teams last matched up on March 2, 2020. Colorado took home a win in Detroit, with Gabriel Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon, Valeri Nichushkin and Logan O'Connor each grabbing a point.
ROSTER REPORT
The Avalanche moved Jayson Megna and Jacob MacDonald to the Colorado Eagles.
INJURY REPORT
Bowen Byram is still considered day-to-day with a head injury. Ryan Murray remains out indefinitely. Stefan Matteau continues to rehab a lower-body injury and will be sidelined for weeks. Pavel Francouz continues to ramp up to a return with the Avalanche, but has not returned yet.
SCOUTING THE RED WINGS
Detroit heads to Denver on the second leg of a back-to-back, having just dropped a game 6-2 vs the St. Louis Blues.
Detroit maintains a 13-11-3 record, standing at fourth in the Atlantic division. The Red Wings operate at 24th in the league in power play percentage, at 15.7 percent, and 26th in the league at penalty kill percentage, at 75.6 percent.
(OPPOSING) PLAYER TO WATCH: Lucas Raymond
Forward Lucas Raymond currently leads all Detroit players in points at 24 (10 goals, 14 assists). He has not missed a game for the Red Wings this season and posted two assists in the team's latest matchup in St. Louis.
NUMBERS GAME
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Rookie Alex Newhook has scored three game-winning goals, leading all rookies in the league.
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Colorado scored seven goals in consecutive games for the second time since the team was relocated to Denver. The Avs have scored seven or more goals five times this season. No other team has had more than two such games this season.
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Gabriel Landeskog has scored in nine straight games, matching his career high for a point streak.
NOTEBOOK
Alex Newhook is the first Avalanche rookie to score in three straight games since Cale Makar in November 2019. He is also the first Avs rookie to score in three straight road games since J.T. Compher in January-February 2018... Erik Johnson has played his 600th game for the Avalanche. He also passed Chris Drury on the franchise points leaderboard, now tied at 30th all time... Nazem Kadri has broken 100 total points scored in an Avalanche uniform.
