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It appears Tyson Barrie will be out of the lineup for a little longer than previous thought as the Colorado Avalanche and Colorado Eagles have swapped forward Sheldon Dries and defenseman Mark Alt ahead of the Avs’ game against the St. Louis Blues.
Dries has four points (2g, 2a) in 15 games with the Avalanche, scoring his first career NHL goal on November 1st in the game we shalt not recall. In five games with the AHL Eagles, Dries has one goal and one assist in five games. Alt has four points in 19 games with the Eagles, and will be joining the NHL squad for the first time this season.
We have recalled Mark Alt from the Colorado Eagles.
— Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) November 29, 2018
We have reassigned Sheldon Dries. #GoAvsGo pic.twitter.com/RlJq3Th1Oq
Colorado Avalanche
The Avalanche have almost quietly found themselves in the middle of a very impressive winning streak. After winning their sixth in a row in a 6-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Avs will look to make it seven against the Blues. Considering St. Louis is last in the Central Division, and tied for last in the Western Conference with the LA Kings, I think they can do it.
The Buffalo Sabres saw their 10-game winning streak broken yesterday night against the Tampa Bay Lightning in a 5-4 thriller. You can read a recap of that game over at RawCharge.com. It was a heck of a game and could be the start of a new rivalry considering what Jack Eichel did to Ryan McDonagh.
This will be a milestone night for both even-strength superstar Nathan MacKinnon and short-handed superstar J.T. Compher. Nate will be skating in his 400th career NHL game, and Comphy will reach his 100th career NHL game.
In 399 games, MacKinnon has produced 132 goals, and 212 assists, good for 344 points. He’s also sitting on 99 power play points. We’ll see if he makes it a perfect 100 tonight. Compher has 22 goals, and 14 assists (36 points) in 99 games across three seasons so far in the NHL. His four shot-handed points have all been goals.
Tonight, Nathan MacKinnon is slated to play in his 400th NHL game and JT Compher is slated to play in his 100th NHL game!#GoAvsGo pic.twitter.com/cMxCb0SXCB
— Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) November 30, 2018
Forwards
Gabriel Landeskog - Nathan MacKinnon - Mikko Rantanen
Tyson Jost - Alexander Kerfoot - Colin Wilson
Matt Nieto - Carl Soderberg - Matt Calvert
Sven Andrighetto - J.T. Compher - Gabriel Bourque
Defense
Samuel Girard - Erik Johnson
Nikita Zadorov - Ian Cole
Patrik Nemeth - Mark Barberio
St. Louis Blues
The Blues have lost two in a row, and seven of their last 10 over the past three weeks. They also walk into Pepsi Center having lost four of their last five games on the road. As a result, they are now tied for last in the Western Conference with the lowly LA Kings.
Interim Head Coach Craig Berube — who is 1-3-0 since being promoted to the top job — had this to say about his team heading into tonight’s game. Quote courtesy of NHL dot com.
“You just gotta keep working at it, you’ve got to keep going,” Berube said. “We’ve got to look at lot of good stuff we do, show it, teach it, keep working. When we practice, practice it. We’ll get that (confidence) feeling back. We got it too late in the game (Wednesday). We were right there (for parts of the second and third period). You can’t play the first period the way we played it, which carried over to the second.”
LIVE: Vitale, Kelly preview tonight's matchup live from Pepsi Center in Denver. #stlblues https://t.co/CVFlHiufFZ
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) November 30, 2018
Forwards
Alexander Steen - Ryan O’Reilly - Vladimir Tarasenko
Robby Fabbri - Brayden Schenn - David Perron
Patrick Maroon - Tyler Bozak - Samuel Blais
Zach Sanford - Ivan Barbashev - Oskar Sundqvist
Defense
Joel Edmundson - Alex Pietrangelo
Vince Dunn - Colton Parayko
Jay Bouwmeester - Robert Bortuzzo
Starting Goalies
According to The Athletic’s Ryan Clark, Semyon Varlamov will once again get the starters net for the Colorado Avalanche. He’s rocking a .927 save percentage this season with a 9-5-2 record.
Jared Bednar says Semyon Varlamov will start against the Blues. #Avs #GoAvsGo
— Ryan S. Clark (@ryan_s_clark) November 30, 2018
Post writer Jim Thomas reports that Jake Allen will get the net for the Blues against the Avalanche. the 28-year-old has a .894 SV% and a 6-7-3 record. He’s been bad, but the Blues have given him literally no run support this season. The team is 24th in the league in terms of goals for, 14 in goals against.