Avalanche Game 1 at Vegas Golden Knights, lines, notes and how to see it

The Colorado Avalanche (0-0-0) are on the road to T-Mobile Arena to face the Vegas Golden Knights in their 2024-25 regular season opener.

It's been a crazy preseason for the Avs, who enter the season with three rookies ready to make their regular-season debuts – Nikolai Kovalenko, Ivan Ivan and 19-year-old Calum Ritchie.

Read more: Calum Ritchie prepares for NHL debut: “It still hasn’t really hit me”

Season series

– October 9th in Vegas

– Nov. 27 vs. Vegas

– April 8 vs. Vegas

Avalanche injuries

Artturi Lehkonen (out until at least the end of October), Gabriel Landeskog (knee, no schedule), Valeri Nichushkin (suspended)

Avalanche lines

Jonathan Drouin – Nathan MacKinnon – Mikko Rantanen
Nikolai Kovalenko – Casey Mittelstadt – Calum Ritchie
Miles Wood – Ross Colton – Logan O'Connor
Ivan Ivan – Parker Kelly – Joel Kiviranta

Devon Toews – Cale Makar
Samuel Girard-Josh Manson
Calvin de Haan – Sam Malinski

Alexandra Georgiev
Justus Annunen

Planned starters

Alexandar Georgiev (COL) vs Adin Hill (VGK)

Upcoming milestones

Nathan MacKinnon – needs 1 point for 900, 9 games for 800

Casey Mittelstadt – needs 4 points for 200

Mikko Rantanen – needs 8 power play goals for 100

Samuel Girard – needs 1 point for 200

Jonathan Drouin – needs 4 goals for 100

Devon Toews – needs 3 games for 400, 8 assists for 200

Here's how to watch