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RECORDS: Hawks 27-14-5 Avalanche 13-27-1
PUCK DROP: 8pm
TV: CSN, NBCSN for those outside the 606
CHILLING AT THE INVENTING ROOM: Mile High Hockey
PROJECTED LINEUPS
ADJUSTED TEAM CORSI %: Hawks – 50.0 (15th) Avs – 44.8 (Dead Ass Last)
ADJUSTED TEAM xGF%: Hawks – 47.3 (26th) Avs – 41.5 (Dead Ass Last)
POWER PLAY %: Hawks – 18.6 (15th) Avs – 13.0 (29th, because the Wings are Dead Ass Last)
PENALTY KILL %: Hawks – 75.6 (28th) Avs – 78.5 (24th)
If this recent stretch of Hawks hockey, be it this past weekend or the past couple weeks or the last month and a half, would be something you would define as “middling,” or “disappointing,” there simply can’t be a better cure than a visit to Denver for a contest with the Avs. Though the Hawks lost the last tilt to this bombed out structure, that was the game before the Christmas break when the Hawks were clearly had the motor running. Do that again, and you’ll know the Hawks simply could care less right now.