Minnesota at Colorado

Colorado won the only meeting this season 3-2 on Nov. 24 and the Avalanche come into the game winners of four of five after defeating Detroit 7-2 on Wednesday when defenseman Cale Makar notched his first NHL hat trick and Nathan McKinnon had a goal and three assists to back Alexendar Georgiev, who stopped 27 of 29 shots. The Avalanche have scored at least five goals in four of their past five games and they are 25-6-0 at home this season. Minnesota is 3-9 its past 12 games against the Central Division and the Wild had lost three in a row before winning their past two against lowly San Jose and Arizona. Filip Gustavsson is probable in net and he is 17-15-3 with a 3.30 goals-against average for the Wild. Georgiev is 32-15-3 with a 2.89 GAA and a .900 save percentage. Play the Avalanche.