The Colorado Avalanche will take their talents to Buffalo tonight to take on former Avalanche Bowen Byram and the Sabres. The Avalanche have dropped their last two contests and are hoping to get things going in the right direction against a Sabers team that has lost its last three games. Can Casey go into midtown mode and help the Avalanche right the ship? Or will the Sabers get back in the win column? We’ll see.

Colorado Avalanche’s planned lineup:

Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Mikko Rantanen
Nikolai Kovalenko — Casey Mittelstadt — Valery Nichushkin
Joel Kiviranta — Ivan Ivan — Logan O’Connor
Nikita Prishchepov — Parker Kelly — Chris Wagner

Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Samuel Girard — Sam Malinski
Oliver Kylington — John Ludwig

Alexandra Georgiev

Note: The avalanche injury problems continue. They will be without Josh Manson, who is listed week-to-week. The good news is that Ross Colton traveled with the team, but we are not sure if he will return.

Planned Buffalo Sabers lineup:

Jason Sugar — Days Thompson — Alex Tuch
JJ Peterka — Dylan Cozens — Zach Benson
Jiri Kulich — Ryan McLeod — Jack Quinn
Beck Malenstyn — Peyton Cancer — Nicolas Aube Kubel

Rasmus Dahlin — Bowen Byram
Owen Power — Henri Jokiharju
Jacob Bryson — Connor Clifton

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

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