Game Preview: Avalanche at Panthers

COLORADO AVALANCHE (27-19-4) AT FLORIDA PANTHERS (26-22-6)
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The Avs travel to Sunrise, Fla. to take on the Florida Panthers as they close out their three-game road trip Saturday night. Coverage begins at 4 p.m. MT on Altitude Sports.

LAST TIME OUT

Colorado looks to bounce back after a 5-0 loss to Tampa Thursday night. In the past five games, Samuel Girard leads the team in scoring with five points (1G, 4A).
The Panthers enter Saturday's contest riding a three-game win streak after they defeated San Jose 4-1 Thursday night. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 26 of the 27 shots that came his way, while Eric Staal and Sam Reinhart led the Florida offense with two goals each.

HISTORY

Colorado owns a 26-12-8 all-time mark versus Florida, and a 16-5-2 record on the road.
Since the franchise moved to Denver, the Avs hold a 22-10-7 record versus the Panthers.
Saturday's game is the second and final matchup between the two teams in the 2022-23 regular season. Florida prevailed over Colorado 5-4 in the first matchup on Jan. 10 in Denver. With the Avs down 4-1 heading into the third period, Colorado stormed back to tie the game before falling short of completing the comeback due to a Matthew Tkachuk power-play goal at 16:30. Four different Avs scored: Andrew Cogliano, Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon and J.T. Compher.

SCOUTING THE PANTHERS

Since Jan. 1, Florida has been one of the highest producing offenses in the league, scoring 4.0 goals per game and a league-leading 36% power-play percentage in that span.
Tkachuk paces the Panthers in scoring with 71 points (27G, 44A), which currently ranks fifth in the NHL. Carter Verhaeghe (28G, 19A) and Aleksander Barkov (14G, 33A) are tied for second wth 47 points each.
Brandon Montour has recorded 44 points (10G, 34A) this season, which is ranked eighth among NHL blueliners.

LINEUP UPDATES

Avalanche
Gabriel Landeskog Lower body
Josh MansonLower body
Darren Helm Lower body
Cale MakarUpper body
Florida
Anthony Duclair
Patric Hornqvist

DOING THE MOST

MacKinnon leads all-active Avs players with 12 points (6G, 6A) in 17 career games versus Florida.
Rantanen has averaged 1.22 points per game (5G, 6A) against the Panthers in nine games played.

BEHIND ENEMY LINES

Eric Staal (7G, 12A in 31 GP) and Tkachuk (4G, 15A in 16GP) are tied for the top spot with 19 points among Florida skaters versus Colorado in their respective careers.

NUMBERS GAME

10-3-0
Colorado holds a 10-3-0 record on Saturdays this season. The Avs have won their last four Saturday games, all of which were in the month of January.
5
Logan O'Connor matched his season high of five hits in Tuesday's game versus Tampa Bay.
33.0
On the road this season, the Avalanche average 33 shots per game which ranks sixth in the NHL.