Stars at Avalanche, Western Conference 1. Round game 6 Preview

Number to know: Three. So many Straight Games Avalanche Defenseman Cale Makar went without a dot. The only other time that happened during his NHL career? Last year against Dallas. He scored two goals in the next game.

What is to be found: Is the avalanche out at home in a desperate situation and dominates like in game 4? Do the stars find a way to remove the avalanche in the Ball Arena, as they did in 6th game 6 last year?

What you say

“I don’t like the word despair. I think it has a kind of negative connotation. I like intensity and focus. … We want to put it on the table whether we look forward to the elimination or hopefully remove someone. I think the mood in this room was a bit different, I felt for us. – Star Center Matt Duchenee

“I don’t think we play better when we press. We have a great game plan, and if we do this, the pucks seem to find the back of the network naturally. I think that’s the key. Obviously doing or dying it, but so that we play our best, we have to stay and run at the moment.” – Avalanche center Nathan Mackinnon

Lineup projected stars

Mikael Granlund – Roope Hintz – Mikko Rantanne

Mason Marchment – Matt Duchene – Tyler Seguin

Jamie Benn – Wyatt Johnston – Evgenii Dadonov

Oskar back – Sam Steel – Colin Blackwell

ESA Lindell – Cody Ceci

Thomas Harley – Ilya Lyubushkin

Lian Bichsel – Alexander Petrovic

Jake Oettinger

Casey Desmith

Scratched: Mavrik Bourque, Mathew Dumba, Brendan Smith

Injured: Miro Heikanen (knee), Jason Robertson (lower body), Nils Lundkvist (shoulder)

Avalanche projected line -up

Arturi Lehkonen – Nathan Mackinnon – Martin Necas

Gabriel Landeskog – Brock Nelson – Valeri Nichushkin

Jonathan Drouin – Charlie Coyle – Joel Kiviranta

Parker Kelly – Jack Drury – Logan O’Connor

Devon Toews – Cale Makar

Samuel Girard – Josh Manson

Ryan Lindgren – Sam Malinski

Mackenzie Blackwood

Scott Wedgewood

Scratched: Erik Johnson, Keaton Middleton, Jimmy Vesey, Miles Wood

Injured: Ross Colton (lower body)

Status report

Coach Pete Deboer said that on Monday he was in game 5 in Dallas’ 6-2 victory in game 5 at the same line-up as in the 6-2 victory in Dallas. … Heikanen, a defender who is daily will not play. … Robertson, a striker, now applies from day to day. … Colorado is expected to use the same list as in game 5.