Tonight at 7:00 p.m. ET, the Colorado Avalanche (36-15-5, 77 points) and Philadelphia Flyers (28-23-6, 62 points) hit the ice at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia for the second and final meeting against each other. The game can be live streamed here. Colorado fans can hear all of the action on KRWZ 950 while Philadelphia fans can do the same on 97.5 The Fanatic.
Colorado has won five of their last six games while Philadelphia won two of its last three games on their latest road trip and has three victories in its last four games. The first time these two teams met, the Avalanche defeated the Flyers 2-1 on Jan. 2 in Colorado.
The Avalanche will try to bounce back from a 5-1 loss to the New York Rangers on Monday and seek the season sweep of the Flyers.
"We talked a lot about the start of this game, that it was key," first-year coach Patrick Roy told the Denver Post after the game. "But the Rangers came out flying. They got the momentum from the first shift and kept it until the end of the first."
The Flyers will look to keep their momentum going after a solid swing through California, and they hope that Kimmo Timonen (sore foot) will return to the lineup after he skated at practice.
"Felt pretty good," Timonen told reporters after practice via NHL.com. "First full practice in six days. We'll see how it feels [Wednesday and Thursday] and go from there."
The Flyers have been led by Claude Giroux, who has nine points in his last five games and has a team-high 55 points off of 18 goals and 37 assists while Wayne Simmonds has 18 tallies and 22 helpers for 40 points and Jakub Voracek has found the back of the net 15 times and added 24 assists for 39 points.
Matt Duchene has paced the Avalanche with 48 points off of 17 goals and 31 assists while Gabriel Landeskog is on a seven-game point streak and has 17 makers and 28 helpers for 45 points and rookie Nathan MacKinnon has found the twine 20 times and added 22 assists for 42 points.
In net, Colorado will likely go with Semyon Varlamov, who is 28-10-5 with a 2.49 goals-against average and a .924 save percentage while Steve Mason will likely suit up for Phladelphia and is 22-14-5 with a 2.53 GAA and a .916 save percentage.
The Avalanche look to bounce back from a tough loss while the Flyers hope to continue on their hot streak when the lights come up tonight at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
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