The game between the Colorado Avalanche and Seattle Kraken will take place at Ball Arena on Tuesday, April 18 at 10:00 PM ET.
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The Colorado Avalanche will welcome the Seattle Kraken to Ball Arena for an NHL game on Tuesday. The Colorado Avalanche won 3-4 in their last game over the Predators. Nathan MacKinnon had three goals and an assist as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Nashville Predators 4-3 on Friday night to win the Central Division title. Devon Toews also scored and had an assist and Alexandar Georgiev made 18 saves for Colorado, which finished a point ahead of Dallas in the division. Mikko Rantanen had two assists.
Kiefer Sherwood scored twice, Luke Evangelista added one and Kevin Lankinen made 30 saves for the Predators. With 1:42 remaining in the third, MacKinnon skated into the Nashville zone on the right side before snapping a wrist shot by Lankinen. His third goal was his 42nd of the season, setting a career high. The hat trick was his first of the season and fourth of his career.
“Obviously, I had some good looks tonight and managed to find the back of the net,” MacKinnon said. The reigning Stanley Cup-winning Avalanche will begin their championship defense against Seattle in the first round of the playoffs. They will do so without captain Gabriel Landeskog, who announced Thursday that the knee injury that has sidelined him for the entire regular season will keep him out for the playoffs as well.
The Seattle Kraken on the other hand lost 1-3 against the Golden Knights in their last game. Jaden Schwartz scored his 21st of the season for Seattle’s only goal on a night the Kraken dominated chances but couldn’t convert. Matty Beniers and Adam Larsson both hit posts and Daniel Sprong was stuffed on a breakaway by Laurent Brossoit, who made 31 saves. Seattle (46-28-8, 100 points) entered the finale still with an outside shot of catching Los Angeles and finishing third in the Pacific Division. But the Kings held up their end beating Anaheim and the Kraken had to settle for the top wild card berth in the Western Conference.
“We played pretty damn hard. We had some good looks,” Seattle coach Dave Hakstol said. “I thought we could have created maybe a little bit more, mostly in the third period. I thought we worked really hard offensively. We generated enough.” Seattle will have to wait until Friday night to learn its playoff opponent. The Kraken will face either Colorado or Dallas depending on the outcome of Friday’s game between the Avalanche and Predators in Nashville. “Now the fun starts. This is why we play 82 games and this is why we grind throughout the year to give yourself an opportunity,” Schwartz said.
Nathan MacKinnon – Mikko Rantanen – Devon Toews
Samuel Girard – Evan Rodrigues – Bowen Byram
J. T. Compher – Lars Eller – Alex Galchenyuk
Alexandar Georgiev – Erik Johnson
Jack Johnson – Artturi Lehkonen
Kurtis MacDermid – Ben Meyers
Alex Newhook – Valeri Nichushkin
Matt Nieto
Logan O’Connor
Morgan Geekie – Jaden Schwartz – Alexander Wennberg
Matty Beniers – Oliver Bjorkstrand – Will Borgen
Ryan Donato – Vince Dunn – Jordan Eberle
Yanni Gourde – Philipp Grubauer
Adam Larsson – Jared McCann
Jamie Oleksiak – Justin Schultz
Carson Soucy – Daniel Sprong
Brandon Tanev
Eeli Tolvanen
Colorado Avalanche: Darren Helm, Josh Manson, Denis Malgin, Cale Makar, Andrew Cogliano, Gabriel Landeskog
Seattle Kraken: Daniel Sprong, Andre Burakovsky, Joonas Donskoi, John Hayden
The game between the Colorado Avalanche and Seattle Kraken will take place at Ball Arena on Tuesday, April 18 at 10:00 PM ET.
The match between the Colorado Avalanche and Seattle Kraken will be telecast live on Root Sports Northwest, ESPN, Altitude.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Root Sports Northwest, ESPN, Altitude. | April 18 (10:00 PM ET) |
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