The Colorado Avalanche’s playoff matchup with the Winnipeg Jets is set.
And for the first time since the 2020 bubble in Edmonton, the Avs will be starting the postseason away from Ball Arena.
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The Avs and Jets will begin their best-of-seven series Sunday night, with Game 1 set to begin at 5 p.m. inside the Canada Life Centre in Alberta. Winnipeg will have home ice in the opening round series after sweeping their regular-season series with the Avalanche by a combined score of 17-4 over three games.
The Jets surged ahead of the Avs in the Central Division standings with a 7-0 win at Ball Arena last Saturday, then clinched the No. 2 seed a few nights later with a win over the Seattle Kraken. The Jets finished with 110 points (52-24-6), while the Avs were just behind them with 107 points (50-25-7) as the Central Division’s No. 3 team.
The winner of the series will move on to face the winner the series between Central Division champion Dallas (52-21-9) and wild card Vegas (45-29-8).
Series schedule
Game
Location
Date
Time
TV
Game 1
Colorado at Winnipeg
Sunday, April 21
5 p.m.
ESPN2
Game 2
Colorado at Winnipeg
Tuesday, April 23
7:30 p.m.
ESPN
Game 3
Winnipeg at Colorado
Friday, April 26
8 p.m.
TNT, truTV
Game 4
Winnipeg at Colorado
Sunday, April 28
12:30 p.m.
TNT, truTV
*Game 5
Colorado at Winnipeg
Tuesday, April 30
TBD
TBD
*Game 6
Winnipeg at Colorado
Thursday, May 2
TBD
TBD
*Game 7
Colorado at Winnipeg
Saturday, May 4
TBD
TBD
* If necessary
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