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Avalanche: Who do the play next| Highlights| Who will the play next
The Colorado Avalanche (colloquially known as the AVS) are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as members of the Central Division in the Western Conference, and play their home games at the Ball Arena. They share the arena with the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association and the Colorado Mammoths of the National Lacrosse League. Their general manager is Joe Sakik.
| Conference | Western |
|---|---|
| Division | Central |
| Founded | 1972 |
| History | Quebec Nordiques 1972–1979 (WHA) 1979–1995 (NHL) Colorado Avalanche 1995–present |
| Home arena | Ball Arena |
| City | Denver, Colorado |
Who do the play next
The NHL regular season kicks off on Friday night, and brings with it the early-round matchups of the 2022 postseason.
The Colorado Avalanche will face the Nashville Predators in the first round starting Tuesday.
Colorado finished as the top seed in the Western Conference with a franchise record 119 points in the regular season. Nashville dropped to the second wild card spot following the result of Friday’s games.
Colorado and Nashville have clashed in the playoffs once before, a 4-2 series win for the Predators in 2018. The winner of this year’s series will go on to play the winner of the Minnesota Wild vs. St. Louis Blues in the second round.
Highlights
The LA Kings scored four goals within the first 11 minutes of the first period on their way to a 9-3 loss in Colorado on Wednesday night.
Jonathan Quick started back-to-back for the first time in four years, but he allowed three goals off just ten shots before being pulled.
Cal Pietersen came into relief and faced the first shot, giving up a goal.
Kings head coach Todd McClellan said after the game, “We didn’t have anything, we couldn’t play that way against this team.”
Nicolas Aube-Kubel opened the scoring for the home team on 2:56 of the first period. With the Avalanche establishing his presence in the Kings’ defensive zone, Aube-Kubel obtained a loose puck from a rebound, turned around, and fired a shot through traffic that was found in the back of the net.
Twenty-nine seconds later, the Avalanche made it a game 2–0 on Valery Nychushkin’s feed in the slot and brought it over the edge of the net and backhanded it for his 20th goal of the season.
Who will the play next
The National Hockey League on Saturday night announced the full schedule of the Colorado Avalanche’s Round 2 series against the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs.
Colorado hosts Game 1 of a best-of-seven set against Vegas on Sunday at 6 p.m. at the Ball Arena. MT in sports broadcast nationally on NBC in the United States and CBC in Canada (also broadcast on Sportsnet and TVA Sports).
Altitude Sports will provide local coverage of the AVS in the second round with a live pregame show 30 minutes before the puck drop and an hour-long postgame show beginning immediately after the action.
Game 2 will take place on Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Denver. The series is preceded by a transfer to the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Friday, June 4 (8 a.m. MT) and Sunday, June 6 (6:30 p.m. MT). Games 2-4 will be broadcast in the US on NBCSN.
