The Utah Hockey Club (27-24-9) carries a three-game win streak into tonight’s affair with the New Jersey Devils (32-22-6) at Delta Center. Utah has also won four straight at home and is now just two points behind the Vancouver Canucks for the eighth and final playoff position in the Western Conference.
The Colorado Avalanche are finally back home on Wednesday after most of the team got some much-needed rest during the Four Nations Faceoff break. Wednesday's game kicks off a six-game homestand, then the Avalanche will head back on the road on March 11th.
No one loves playing the New Jersey Devils more than Mackenzie Blackwood. In their last meeting with Blackwood, the ex-Devils goaltender was still a member of the San Jose Sharks.
It’s a years-long trend since he arrived in Denver and had a breakout season when the Avs won the Stanley Cup. Just in the years since the title, Colorado is 89-30-10 during the regular season when Nichushkin plays and 46-43-6 when he doesn’t.