I don't think there's a lot that needs to be said about this game tonight. The Avs need to win. The Avalanche played an excellent game on Monday - penalty kill notwithstanding - and all they got out of it was a lousy loser point. The Avs are now 6 points behind the Canucks in the NW Division race and just 1 ahead of the 9th-place team in the Western Conference.There's no need to panic yet...but a loss tonight would move my finger a lot closer to that big red panic button. The Avs have already had one disappointing loss in Edmonton this year...let's not make it two, okay?
Go Avs!
Avalanche vs Oilers coverage
| Colorado | Edmonton | |||
| 13th | 43 | Points | 28th | 30 |
| 2nd | 3.42 | GF/G | 19th | 2.57 |
| 28th | 3.25 | GA/G | 30th | 3.29 |
| 4th | 23.2 | PP% | 25th | 15.6 |
| 29th | 75.9 | PK% | 30th | 72.3 |
| 15th | 30.7 | S/G | 29th | 25.7 |
| 19th | 31.1 | SA/G | 28th | 34.1 |
| 19th | 49.2 | FO% | 29th | 45.1 |
| 18th | 13.2 | PIM/G | 22nd | 14.9 |
| Duchene | 36 pts | Top Scorer | Whitney | 27 pts |