Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs. Pittsburgh Penguins: (7:00 p.m. MT)

After completing a back-to-back against the Dallas Stars on Wednesday night, the Colorado Avalanche take on the Pittsburgh Penguins in Denver tonight. This will be the first of two regular-season matchups between these two teams.

The Avs enter this game after a 3-2 shootout loss to the Stars, which came on the second night of a back-to-back against Dallas. After that game, Dave Hakstol was officially named the head coach of the ASU Sun Devils hockey team, and Colorado named Brett McLean the assistant head coach in Hakstol's place, so it'll be exciting to see how he looks behind the Colorado bench tonight.

Artturi Lehkonen – Nathan MacKinnon – Nazem Kadri Gabe Landeskog – Brock Nelson – Martin Necas Jaden Schwartz – Fedor Svechkov – T.J. Hughes Parker Kelly – Gavin Brindley

Devon Toews – Cale Makar Brett Kulak – Sam Malinski Josh Manson – Brent Burns Noah Juulsen

After starting the season with a 7-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, the Penguins have stumbled a bit as of late and come into this game off a 5-3 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday. No matter how old this team may be age-wise, this is still an incredibly skilled Penguins team that is looking to make a push for the playoffs again this year. The battle between MacKinnon and Crosby is always super fun to watch, and it should hopefully be a good game again tonight.

Rickard Rakell – Sidney Crosby – Bryan Rust Egor Chinakov – Tommy Novak – Evgeni Malkin Andrei Kuzmenko – Ben Kindel – Nicholas Robertson Connor Dewar – Blake Lizotte – Elmer Soderblom

Declan Carlile – Erik Karlsson Samuel Girard – Kaedan Korczak Spencer Stastney – Kris Letang

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