Central Division foes meet when Colorado hosts St. Louis

Tue, Oct 31, 2023
NHL News (AP)

St. Louis Blues (3-3-1, seventh in the Central Division) vs. Colorado Avalanche (6-2, first in the Central Division)

Denver; Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: Central Division foes meet when the Colorado Avalanche take on the St. Louis Blues.

Colorado went 19-6-1 in Central Division games and had a 51-24-7 record overall last season. The Avalanche scored 274 total goals last season, with 64 power-play goals and six shorthanded goals.

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St. Louis had a 37-38-7 record overall and went 9-16-1 in Central Division play last season. The Blues scored 46 power-play goals last season on 238 chances for a 19.3% success rate.

INJURIES: Avalanche: Chris Wagner: out (achilles), Gabriel Landeskog: out (knee), Pavel Francouz: out (groin), Jean-Luc Foudy: out (lower body).

Blues: Anton Malmstrom: out (undisclosed), Josh Jacobs: out (undisclosed).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.