Avalanche vs Blue Jackets Odds

#1 G

Mackenzie Blackwood: Set to start Saturday

Dec 14th

Blackwood will protect the home net against Nashville on Saturday, according to Guerilla Sports.

#4 LW

Givani Smith: Back in bigs

Dec 14th

Smith was called up from AHL Colorado on Saturday.

#4 RD

Keaton Middleton: Recalled from minors

Dec 14th

Middleton was recalled from AHL Colorado on Saturday.

#1 LD

Devon Toews: Contributes helper

Dec 12th

Toews logged an assist and three shots on goal in Thursday's 4-1 loss to Utah.

#1 RW

Mikko Rantanen: Nabs helper in loss

Dec 12th

Rantanen registered an assist, four shots on goal and a minus-2 rating in Thursday's 4-1 loss to Utah.

#1 C

Nathan MacKinnon: Breaks up shutout

Dec 12th

MacKinnon scored a goal on four shots, blocked two shots and added two PIM in Thursday's 4-1 loss to Utah.

#2 G

Scott Wedgewood: Falls to Utah

Dec 12th

Wedgewood stopped 19 of 22 shots in Thursday's 4-1 loss to Utah. The fourth goal was an empty-netter.

#4 C

Ivan Ivan: Called back up

Dec 12th

Ivan was recalled by the Avalanche on Thursday.

#2 RW

Valeri Nichushkin: On four-game point streak

Dec 11th

Nichushkin scored a goal on two shots in Tuesday's 6-2 win over the Penguins.

#1 LW

Artturi Lehkonen: Scores again Tuesday

Dec 11th

Lehkonen scored a goal on two shots and went plus-5 in Tuesday's 6-2 win over the Penguins.

#3 LW

Joel Kiviranta: Collects assist in win

Dec 8th

Kiviranta recorded an assist in Sunday's 4-0 win over the Devils.

#3 LD

Calvin de Haan: Another two-assist game

Dec 8th

De Haan registered two assists, two hits, two blocked shots and a plus-2 rating in Sunday's 4-0 win over the Devils.

#2 C

Casey Mittelstadt: Two more assists in win

Dec 8th

Mittelstadt produced two assists and went plus-2 in Sunday's 4-0 win over the Devils.

#3 C

Parker Kelly: Deposits empty-netter

Dec 8th

Kelly scored an empty-net goal in Sunday's 4-0 win over the Devils.

#3 RW

Logan O'Connor: Scores in Sunday's win

Dec 8th

O'Connor scored a goal in Sunday's 4-0 win over the Devils.

#2 LW

Ross Colton: Opens scoring in win

Dec 8th

Colton scored a goal on two shots, added two hits and blocked two shots in Sunday's 4-0 win over the Devils.

#1 LW

Nikolai Kovalenko: Won't suit up in New Jersey

Dec 8th

Kovalenko (undisclosed) will not be available for Sunday's road matchup with the Devils, according to the NHL media site.

#2 LD

Samuel Girard: Pockets assist in Saturday's win

Dec 8th

Girard notched an assist in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Red Wings.

#1 G

Alexandar Georgiev: Strong showing Saturday

Dec 8th

Georgiev stopped 29 of 30 shots in Saturday's 2-1 win over the Red Wings.

#1 RD

Cale Makar: Scores game-winning goal Saturday

Dec 8th

Makar scored a power-play goal in Saturday's 2-1 win over the Red Wings.

#6 RW

Miles Wood: Shifts to LTIR

Dec 7th

Wood (upper body) was placed on long-term injured reserve Saturday, per PuckPedia.

#5 RW

Jonathan Drouin: Placed on injured reserve

Dec 7th

Drouin (upper body) was placed on injured reserve Saturday.

#4 LD

Oliver Kylington: Deemed week-to-week

Dec 2nd

Head coach Jared Bednar said Monday that Kylington (upper body) is considered week-to-week, Bailey Curtis of The Hockey News reports.

#5 RD

Josh Manson: Moves to IR

Dec 2nd

Manson (upper body) was placed on injured reserve Monday, per the NHL media site.

#4 RW

Chris Wagner: Called up Monday

Dec 2nd

Wagner was recalled from AHL Colorado on Monday.