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Grubauer will be looking for his first win of the 2022-23 season after dropping his last outing 5-1 to Carolina in a 29-save losing effort. He has struggled yet again after a rough first season in Seattle, as he currently is sporting a .851 SV% and 4.26 GAA in two starts on the year. He faces a very high-scoring Colorado team (4.25 GF) that is coming off a 4-3 overtime loss to Winnipeg its last time out.

Toninato was recalled Friday in a move that corresponds with Nikolaj Ehlers being placed on the injured reserve.

Ehlers was placed on injured reserve retroactive to Oct. 18th. The forward had three assists and seven SOG in two games to start the 2022-23 season prior to the injury.

Nedeljkovic stopped 37 of 39 shots in an impressive 5-2 victory vs New Jersey in his only start of the season. He backed up Ville Husso in the Red Wings' 5-4 overtime loss Monday, the last time the Wings took the ice. They head to Chicago for a very good matchup as they take on a weak Blackhawks team who ranks 29th in the NHL in GF (2.33) and 31st in SOG (23.0).

The 23-year-old left-winger will head back up to Minnesota after being sent to the Iowa Wild of the AHL Wednesday. Shaw has played in one game for Minnesota this season, getting two shots across 5:46 TOI in the fourth NHL game of his career. He will be replacing an injured Jordan Greenway

Grubauer will be looking for his first win of the 2022-23 season after dropping his last outing 5-1 to Carolina in a 29-save losing effort. He has struggled yet again after a rough first season in Seattle, as he currently is sporting a .851 SV% and 4.26 GAA in two starts on the year. He faces a very high-scoring Colorado team (4.25 GF) that is coming off a 4-3 overtime loss to Winnipeg its last time out.

Although he is being evaluated still, there is positive injury news for Jake Guentzel as he will travel with the Penguins to Columbus. He is considered day-today in the meantime. Guentzel has enjoyed an incredible start to his 2022-23 season, as he leads all NHLers with three GWG while collecting five points (3G/2A) in four games off of 17 SOG.

Head coach Jared Bednar confirmed Friday that Toews will miss Friday's and possibly Saturday's games due to a minor injury. In four games so far in 2022-23, the 28-year-old defenseman has three points (0G/3A) with four SOG while holding a +1 plus/minus rating. If he misses time it will be a huge loss for the Avalanche who just announced yesterday that their captain Gabriel Landeskog will miss 12 weeks due to knee surgery.

Hunt was waived earlier in the week by the New York Rangers after scoring a goal and two shots in his first three games prior to the transaction. Colorado will be Hunt's fourth team in six years, collecting 13 goals and 41 points across 168 career games played.

Pilut has been recalled from the Rochester Americans and will join the Buffalo Sabres immediately Friday. Pilut hasn't seen NHL action since 2019-20 when he got a 13-game showing with the Sabres. Through 46 career NHL games, the 26-year-old has one goal and six points to go along with 24 PIMs and a -12 plus/minus.

Francouz struggled in his only start of the 2022-23 season to date, stopping 22 of 27 shots (.815 SV%) in a 5-2 loss to the Calgary Flames. Francouz will be looking to bounce back closer to the .919 SV% he has averaged over his four-year career as he looks up to pick up his first win of the season Friday. He takes on a Seattle Kraken team which has lost three straight contests while allowing four or more goals in each loss.