Avalanche Weekly Update - Oct. 16

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Tuesday, October 16 at New York Rangers

Madison Square Garden, 5 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude, Radio: 92.5 FM
The Avalanche plays the first contest of a four-game road trip on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden. Colorado was 2-0-0 against the Rangers in 2017-18, sweeping the season series for the first time since 2010-11. The Avs are 11-4-0 in their last 15 games at MSG.

Thursday, October 18 at New Jersey Devils

Prudential Center, 5 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude, Radio: 92.5 FM
Colorado's road trip continues on Thursday against the Devils. The Avalanche was 0-2-0 in last year's season series but has won three of the last five matchups on the road against New Jersey.

Saturday, October 20 at Carolina Hurricanes

PNC Arena, 11 a.m. MT, TV: Altitude, Radio: 92.5 FM
The Avs head south for the first of two contests against the Carolina Hurricanes this season. Colorado is 19-7-6 overall (since 1995-96) against the Carolina franchise.

Monday, October 22 at Philadelphia Flyers

Wells Fargo Center, 5 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude, Radio: 92.5 FM
Colorado closes out its road trip against the Flyers on Monday night, which will also wrap up the two-game season series between the clubs. Colorado topped Philadelphia 5-2 at Pepsi Center on Oct. 6.

Player Spotlight: Mikko Rantanen

Rantanen's eight points and seven assists leads the Avs through the team's first five games of the season. He enters Colorado's game Tuesday night against the Rangers on an five-game assist streak, having registered a helper in each contest to start the season. Rantanen is the first player to notch an assist in the club's first five outings since John-Michael Liles (nine games) in 2010-11.

Quotable

"Four games, good teams. Some of those teams are playing real good right now. It will be a good challenge for us. I'm excited to get back on the road actually and see what our team's got. Just came off of a short road trip, played really well in one game, so hopefully we can repeat that performance here on the road for these four." - Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar ahead of the team's four-game road trip

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