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Colorado Avalanche vs St. Louis Blues

Regular season · Tuesday, December 8, 2026 · Enterprise Center

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Game preview

The Colorado Avalanche visit the St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center on Tuesday, December 8, 2026, with puck drop at 8:00 PM ET. The game is on ESPN+, HULU and Disney+.

This is the second of 4 meetings this season. Avalanche 1, Blues 0 so far; the last game finished STL 1, COL 6.

Rest and travel

Avalanche

Game 5 of a road trip: Boston, Detroit, NY Rangers and NY Islanders, now St. Louis.

  1. 282026-11-28: vs SJS, second of a back-to-backB2B
  2. 292026-11-29: no game
  3. 302026-11-30: no game
  4. 12026-12-01: at BOS
  5. 22026-12-02: no game
  6. 32026-12-03: at DET
  7. 42026-12-04: no game
  8. 52026-12-05: at NYR
  9. 62026-12-06: no game
  10. 72026-12-07: at NYI
  11. 82026-12-08: at STL, second of a back-to-backB2B
rest since last game
0 days
rest since last game
since last game
~886 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~3,760 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
+1 h
body clock vs home

Blues

Another game at home.

  1. 282026-11-28: vs WSH, second of a back-to-backB2B
  2. 292026-11-29: no game
  3. 302026-11-30: no game
  4. 12026-12-01: no game
  5. 22026-12-02: vs PIT
  6. 32026-12-03: no game
  7. 42026-12-04: vs CHI
  8. 52026-12-05: no game
  9. 62026-12-06: vs NSH
  10. 72026-12-07: no game
  11. 82026-12-08: vs COL
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~0 mi
since last game
road trip
–
road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = second night of a back-to-back. Distances are approximate.

Lines from last game

Colorado AvalancheAvalancheTue, Oct 13 at DAL
  1. L1Lehkonen#62MacKinnon#29Necas#88
    10:32 together at 5v5
  2. L2Landeskog#92Kadri#91Nelson#11
    8:31 together at 5v5
  3. L3Schwartz#71Svechkov#9Hughes#13
    4:23 together at 5v5
  1. D1NewToews#7Malinski#70
    14:51 together at 5v5
  2. D2Burns#84Manson#42
    13:31 together at 5v5
  3. D3NewKulak#27Juulsen#47
    10:41 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Kadri CMacKinnon CNecas CHughes RToews D3:30
  2. 2Schwartz LLandeskog LLehkonen LNelson CMalinski D1:05

Penalty kill

  1. 1Lehkonen LNelson CManson DToews D0:36
  2. 2Roy CKelly CBurns DKulak D0:23
St. Louis BluesBluesTue, Oct 13 at OTT
  1. L1Holloway#81Thomas#18Snuggerud#21
    11:03 together at 5v5
  2. L2Buchnevich#89Neighbours#63Dvorsky#15
    8:14 together at 5v5
  3. L3McMichael#77McTavish#83Berggren#29
    7:54 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewJohnston#49Suter#22Peterson#32
    6:22 together at 5v5
  1. D1Fowler#17Carlo#25
    12:56 together at 5v5
  2. D2Broberg#6Jiricek#36
    11:04 together at 5v5
  3. D3Parayko#55Barron#72
    9:25 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Buchnevich LMcMichael LMcTavish CDvorsky RFowler D1:40
  2. 2Holloway LNeighbours LThomas CSnuggerud RJiricek D1:38

Penalty kill

  1. 1Buchnevich LSuter CParayko DBroberg D1:42
  2. 2Buchnevich LSuter CFowler DCarlo D1:18

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

COLSTL

Settled lines

Share of 5v5 time from the regular top four lines · 2026–27

COL 58% (6th most shuffled)STL 71% (10th most settled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Goalie pull, down one

Median time left in the 3rd when the goalie comes out, delayed penalties excluded · 2025–26

COL 2:15 left (3rd earliest · 11 pulls)STL 1:07 left (latest · 13 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

COL 48.4s (16th longest)STL 46.6s (6th shortest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts

Share of 5v5 goals against with a skater 60s+ into his shift · 2025–26

COL 24% (4th least often)STL 26% (8th least often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series