Preview: Colorado aiming to clinch West against St. Louis
How many milestones will be achieved tonight?
DENVER, COLORADO - DECEMBER 31: Goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood #39 and Gabriel Landeskog #92 of the Colorado Avalanche defend against Jonatan Berggren #29 of the St Louis Blues. Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images) | NHLI via Getty Images It was New Year’s Eve the last time these two teams met and the festivities began early even before the ball dropped as the Colorado Avalanche demolished the St. Louis Blues that evening in a 6-1 final.
Valeri Nichushkin scored one of Colorado’s three hat tricks in the 2025-26 season to ring in the new year. Now in the home stretch of the regular season these two teams meet for a home-and-home to conclude their season series against each other. First the Avalanche are hosts and then the series shifts to St.
Louis on Tuesday night. Both teams are seemingly going in different directions, the Avalanche are two points away from clinching the Central Division and the Western Conference number one seed. The Blues are making one last push while refusing to play out the string and get to their summer vacations.
Can Colorado grab four points over St. Louis in the process? Colorado Avalanche (50-15-10) The Opponent: St.