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Colorado will begin its defense Tuesday night at home against the wild-card Kraken, who won 19 more games than they did last year in their debut season.
Injuries then led to Colorado setting a franchise record for players used in a season. Captain Gabriel Landeskog was not one of them, missing the entire season with a right knee that has been surgically repaired twice. Makar, who has been out for two weeks with a lower-body injury, was limited to 60 games due to injuries and is day to day going into the playoffs.
Seattle seems to be at a disadvantage in net, where Martin Jones and Philipp Grubauer split time and each allowed nearly three goals a game. The Kraken will also be without Burakovsky for the beginning of the playoffs because he needed surgery to address a lower-body injury. Burakovsky, who had 39 points in 49 games, has not played since Feb. 7.The Western Conference’s top-seeded team and Pacific Division champion Golden Knights will host the wild-card Jets in Game 1 on Tuesday night.
The 26-year-old superstar may not let the rematch linger long. McDavid led the league with 64 goals and 153 points, racking up 25 more points than No. 2 on the list, teammate Leon Draisaitl, and 40 more than the NHL’s third-leading scorer, Boston’s David Pastrnak.
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