Colorado Avalanche (4-4-1, sixth in the Central) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (6-3-0, fifth in the Metropolitan)
Columbus, Ohio; Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Blue Jackets +142, Avalanche -174
BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Avalanche visit Columbus after the Blue Jackets knocked off Colorado 5-4 in overtime.
Columbus finished 18-26-12 overall during the 2020-21 season while going 11-9-8 at home. The Blue Jackets averaged 2.4 goals and 4.2 assists per game last season.
Colorado finished 39-13-4 overall and 17-9-2 on the road during the 2020-21 season. The Avalanche recorded 354 assists on 197 total goals last season.
The teams square off for the second straight game.
INJURIES: Blue Jackets: Max Domi: out (health protocols), Adam Boqvist: day to day (undisclosed).
Avalanche: Martin Kaut: day to day (upper body), Mikko Rantanen: day to day (undisclosed), Andre Burakovsky: day to day (undisclosed), Cale Makar: day to day (upper body).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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