During this stretch, the Avs have outscored their opponents 20-4 and shutout the opposition twice. Semyon Varlamov made 40 saves last Monday against the Vegas Golden Knights to deny every shot he faced for the second time this season, and Philipp Grubauer made 38 saves on Saturday at Nashville to register his first shutout as a member of the Avalanche.
With 20 games remaining in the 2018-19 regular season, the Avs sit one point out of the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference behind the Minnesota Wild, but Colorado has one game in hand.
"I think our team game is trending the right way. Overall, I think we kind of knew that if we stuck to our game we would get on a little bit of a roll like this, a little bit of a streak," said defenseman Erik Johnson. "But the reality is we are still sitting on the outside looking in, and we need to continue to win here to be in the playoffs at the end of the regular season. Still a lot of work left to be done. We realize the importance of the games tonight and going forward, a lot of work left to do and hopefully we can continue this streak tonight."
The contest will wrap up the two-game season series with the Panthers. Colorado won 5-2 in the first matchup on Dec. 6 in Florida. The Avs won both meetings in 2017-18, sweeping a set of at least two games from the Panthers for the first time since 2000-01.