The Colorado Avalanche (0-0-0) are on the road at T-Mobile Arena to take on the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2024-2025 regular season opener.

It’s been a crazy preseason for the Avs, who enter the season with three rookies set to make their regular-season debuts: Nikolai Kovalenko, Ivan Ivan and 19-year-old Calum Ritchie.

Read more: Calum Ritchie prepares for NHL debut: ‘It still hasn’t really affected me’

Season series

– October 9 in Vegas

– November 27 vs. Vegas

– April 8 vs. Vegas

Avalanche injuries

Artturi Lehkonen (out until at least the end of October), Gabriel Landeskog (knee, no schedule), Valeri Nichushkin (suspended)

Avalanche lines

Jonathan Drouin – Nathan MacKinnon – Mikko Rantanen
Nikolai Kovalenko – Casey Mittelstadt – Calum Ritchie
Miles Wood – Ross Colton – Logan O’Connor
Ivan Ivan – Parker Kelly – Joel Kiviranta

Devon Toews-Cale Makar
Samuel Girard-Josh Manson
Calvin de Haan-Sam Malinski

Alexander Georgiev
Justus Annunen

Projected starters

Alexandar Georgiev (COL) vs. Adin Hill (VGK)

Upcoming milestones

Nathan MacKinnon – needs 1 point for 900, 9 games for 800

Casey Mittelstadt – needs 4 points for 200

Mikko Rantanen – needs 8 powerplay goals for 100

Samuel Girard – needs 1 point for 200

Jonathan Drouin – needs 4 goals for 100

Devon Toews – Needs 3 games for 400, 8 assists for 200

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