Avalanche Weekly Update - Dec. 10

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Wednesday, Dec. 11 vs. Philadelphia Flyers

Pepsi Center, 7:30 p.m. MT, TV: NBCSN, Radio: 92.5 FM
The Avs host the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night, the first of two matchups between the clubs in 2019-20. The Avalanche won both contests last season, outscoring the Flyers by a combined score of 9-3 in the two meetings.

Friday, Dec. 13 vs. New Jersey Devils

Pepsi Center, 7 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude, Radio: 92.5 FM
Colorado wraps up a three-game homestand against the New Jersey Devils on Friday night. The Avs won both meetings last season, including a 3-0 shutout victory at home on March 17 to begin a stretch that saw Colorado win eight of its last 11 regular-season games and earn a berth in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Monday, Dec. 16 at St. Louis Blues

Enterprise Center, 6 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude, Radio: 92.5 FM
The Avalanche begins a two-game, Central Division road trip against the St. Louis Blues. It's the second of five matchups between the conference opponents and the last meeting in St. Louis, as the remaining three games of the season series will be played in Denver.

Player Spotlight: Valeri Nichushkin

Nichushkin has a goal in consecutive games for the first time since Feb. 5-8, 2014 and has registered six points (5g, 1a) in his last eight contests. Signed by the Avalanche as a free agent on Aug. 19, Nichushkin has notched all five of his markers on the season in Colorado's last eight outings and ranks second on the team in goals behind Nathan MacKinnon's six in that span.

Quotable

"We've had [Erik Johnson] down for a little bit, who's a huge part of our backend and obviously [Cale Makar] is also a big part, especially on that power play, but I mean we have guys that can step in. [Samuel Girard] steps in on that first unit and then [Calle Rosen] steps in on the second unit. I mean, we're confident in our depth and as you see, when we turn it on, we're still a good team regardless of who is in the lineup." - Avalanche defenseman Ryan Graves on Colorado's defensive depth this season

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