Getting your player ready...
Avalanche rookie goalie Calvin Pickard, whose .939 save percentage is the NHL’s second highest, will start Saturday night against the Chicago Blackhawks:
The morning skate report is here. The Avalanche will use the same lineup from Tuesday’s 5-0 rout over St. Louis on Saturday night against the Chicago Blackhawks, except rookie goalie Calvin Pickard will start in net.
Here’s a look at lines, D-pairings, etc.:
Talbot-Duchene-MacKinnon
Landeskog-O’Reilly-Briere
Tanguay-Mitchell-Iginla
McLeod-Cliche-Everberg
(no healthy scratch)
Hejda-Johnson
Guenin-Barrie
Stuart-Redmond
(scratch: Holden)
Pickard
Varlamov
(scratch: Berra)
Avs defenseman Erik Johnson has five goals in his last five games, including one apiece in the last three:
