Edmonton at Colorado

This is the sixth road game over the last seven contests for Edmonton. The team never got the season turned around and is now on a six-game skid. They hit a low point last night, losing 1-0 at Arizona as a favorite. Edmonton is #22 in goals scored and #31 on the power play, while the defense is worse at #29 in goals allowed and #31 in penalty killing. The Oilers are 24-67 playing on no days rest and 2-8 against winning teams. Colorado is rested and has won 10 in a row at home. Colorado welcomes back leading scorer Nathan MacKinnon from injury today. He was second in the league in scoring at the time of his injury. Colorado is eighth in the NHL in goals scored and has the league's best penalty-killing team at home with a success rate of 92.2 percent. With the Avalanche 20-7-1 for the season at home, back home ice. Play Colorado.