AVALANCHE (30-26-4) at OILERS (22-31-6)
TV: 10 p.m. ET; ALT, CBC, SN, NHL.TV
Season series: The Colorado Avalanche defeated the Edmonton Oilers 5-1 at home on Dec. 19 with 39 saves from goalie Semyon Varlamov. Defenseman Tyson Barrie scored the game-winning goal on the power play late in the first period and had an assist. Defenseman Andrej Sekera scored for the Oilers early in the third period with Colorado leading 3-0.
Avalanche team scope: Goalie Calvin Pickard will start, and Varlamov will play against the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday. Goalie Reto Berra was sent to San Antonio of the American Hockey League for a two-week conditioning assignment. Berra has been out since Dec. 29 with an ankle injury. Defenseman Nate Guenin also was assigned to San Antonio. The Avalanche have won three of their past four games and hold the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference with 22 games remaining. General manager Joe Sakic told the Avalanche website he won't give up young players and draft picks in moves prior to the NHL Trade Deadline on Feb. 29. "We could use another puck-management forward and a solid D-man," he said. "You are not going to get top-four [defensemen]. Teams aren't giving those guys up." Forward Jarome Iginla has four goals and six points in his past four games.
Oilers team scope: Edmonton had the day off after a 5-2 loss at home to the Minnesota Wild on Thursday. Defenseman Eric Gryba, a reliable penalty killer, missed the game with a knee injury and is expected to be out of action for a month. The Wild scored two power-play goals. "The power play, obviously, was a big part of their success, getting the two right off the bat," coach Todd McLellan told the Oilers website. "They seamed us a number of times, which we wanted to prevent, but we were unable to do that. Then they score on some secondary chances in and around the paint. Credit to them, and obviously an area we need to fix." The Oilers penalty-kill ranks 18th in the NHL. Rookie forward Connor McDavid has five goals and 14 points in nine games since his return from a fractured clavicle, and the Oilers are 3-5-1. Goalie Cam Talbot has started nine of the past 11 games.
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