Toronto’s 6-3 Avalanche edge sets up a Matthews-MacKinnon test

Toronto hosts Colorado at Scotiabank Arena Tuesday, looking to halt a three-game skid against an Avalanche side it beat 6-3 earlier this season. The Maple Leafs are 8-9-2 with 18 points and rank 18th in DYMA’s power index; Colorado is 10-6-2, has 22 points and sits ninth. Colorado has won three of its last five, while Toronto has won once in five, and the scoring duel pits Nathan MacKinnon’s 25 points in 16 games against Auston Matthews’ 22 in 15. The key is whether Toronto can contain Colorado’s top-end attack—its top six averages 6.79 points per game versus Toronto’s 6.09—and get enough from Matthews to reverse its recent form.