Avalanche take on the Blues following MacKinnon's 2-goal performance

St. Louis Blues (1-0, in the Central Division) vs. Colorado Avalanche (1-0, in the Central Division)

Denver; Saturday, 9 p.m. EDT

LINE: Avalanche -301, Blues +236; over/under is 6.5

BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Avalanche host the St. Louis Blues after Nathan MacKinnon scored two goals in the Avalanche's 8-4 win against the Los Angeles Kings.

Colorado had a 55-16-11 record overall while going 20-6-5 against opponents from the Central Division last season. The Avalanche scored 298 total goals last season, with 45 power-play goals and two shorthanded goals.

St. Louis went 37-33-12 overall and 10-16-0 in division play last season. The Blues scored 230 total goals last season (38 power-play goals and six shorthanded goals).

INJURIES: Avalanche: Logan O'Connor: out (lower-body), Zachary L'Heureux: out (lower-body).

Blues: Alexey Toropchenko: day to day (undisclosed), Tyler Tucker: out (knee), Logan Mailloux: out (hand).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.