Game Preview: Avalanche at Ducks

COLORADO AVALANCHE (48-24-6) AT ANAHEIM DUCKS (23-45-11)
6:30 PM MT | HONDA CENTER
WATCH: ALTITUDE | TNTLISTEN: 92.5FM/950 AM
The Colorado Avalanche close out a four-game road trip on Sunday night versus the Anaheim Ducks. Coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. MT on both Altitude and TNT.

LAST TIME OUT

Colorado enters Sunday's matchup following a 4-3 win over Los Angeles on Saturday night. Denis Malgin found the back of the net twice for his 11th and 12th goal of the season. Alex Newhook recorded his 14th goal of the season and Brad Hunt scored his fourth of the year. Alexandar Georgiev made 38 saves.
Anaheim fell 5-4 in overtime at Arizona on Saturday night. Ryan Strome played in his 700th NHL game and notched three points (1G, 2A). Adam Henrique scored twice and Max Jones tallied two points (1G, 1A). Defenseman Cam Fowler logged an NHL record 38:55 of ice time.

HISTORY

Colorado owns a 52-36-10 all-time record against Anaheim, with a 25-16-12 mark on the road.
Since the franchise moved to Denver in 1995-96, the Avs are 51-35-19 versus the Ducks.
Sunday's matchup is the third and final outing between the two teams this season. Colorado is 1-1-0 against Anaheim this season. In the most recent contest, the Avs came away with a 5-1 victory on March 28. Nathan MacKinnon (1G, 1A), Bowen Byram (1G, 1A) and Cale Makar (0G, 2A) all tallied two points each. Jonas Johansson made 29 saves.

SCOUTING THE SHARKS

Trevor Zegras leads Anaheim in scoring with 61 points (22G, 39A) in 78 games. Troy Terry is second with 57 points (22G, 35A).
First-year player Mason McTavish ranks third in NHL rookie scoring with 42 points (16G. 26A).

LINEUP UPDATES

Avalanche

Gabriel LandeskogLower body
Josh Manson Lower body
Artturi Lehkonen Upper body
Cale MakarLower body
Darren Helm Lower body
Bowen Byram Illness
\Pavel Francouz will start tonight's game against Anaheim per Avalanche Head Coach Jared Bednar on 4/8**

Ducks

John GibsonDay to Day
Urho Vaakanainen Lower body
Jamie Drysdale Upper body
Scott Harrington Upper body
John Moore Unknown
Anthony Stolarz Lower body

DOING THE MOST

MacKinnon leads all-active Avs skaters with 31 points (12G, 19A) in 37 career games against the Ducks.
Rantanen has averaged 1.00 points (13G, 10A) in 23 games versus Anaheim.

BEHIND ENEMY LINES

Jakob Silfverberg leads all-active Ducks players with 20 points (10G, 10A) in 34 games versus Colorado.

NUMBERS GAME

38
Alexandar Georgiev notched his 38th win of the season last night versus the Kings, tied for third-most wins in a season in franchise history. Georgiev ranks second in the league in wins behind Linus Ullmark (39).
27
Colorado established a new franchise record of 27 road wins in a single season, surpassing the previous mark (26) set in 2013-14.
9
The Avalanche have won nine consecutive road games to match the longest road winning streak in franchise history, set back on Feb. 4-March 2, 2020. Colorado is 13-1-0 in its last 14 road contests.