LOS ANGELES — The Avalanche will stick with the same lineup to begin a two-game road trip Thursday that produced Monday’s 4-2 victory over the . Forward Gabriel Bourque will be the only healthy scratch against the and defenseman will serve the second game of his two-game NHL suspension for boarding last week.
Earlier than normal Avalanche AM skate here at Staples Center in LA … Kings skate elsewhere beginning two-game trip
— Mike Chambers (@MikeChambers)
Colorado will travel to Arizona after Thursday’s game and practice Friday in Scottsdale, Ariz. The Avs play the in Glendale on Saturday before beginning the NHL’s three-day Christmas break.
Here is Thursday’s gameday advance package, with a analysis piece on whether the Avalanche is good enough to sniff the playoffs. Spotlight is on the Kings’ Marian Gaborik, who played in his 1,000th NHL game last week and will be honored pregame.
AVALANCHE LINEUP:
ǰɲ:
Landeskog-MacKinnon-Rantanen
Andrighetto-Compher-Wilson
Nieto-Soderberg-Comeau
Jost-Kerfoot-Yakupov
Scratched: Bourque
Defense:
Nemeth-Barrie
Zadorov-Barberio
Girard-Lindholm
Scratched: Johnson (suspended)
In goal:
Varlamov
Bernier
Joe Sakic assesses his Avalanche team nearly six weeks after Matt Duchene trade via
— Mike Chambers (@MikeChambers)
