Preview: Frederik Andersen is in to face the Colorado Avalanche

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Toronto Maple Leafs host the Colorado Avalanche: Game #45

Location: Scotiabank Centre

Broadcast/Streaming: TSN4 and Altitude Sports

The randomness of the NHL schedule has given the Leafs an opportunity tonight: They can take the template they used against the one-line Boston Bruins and apply it to the one-line Colorado Avalanche and give themselves more opportunity to refine it.

The Leafs (and the Lightning) are the perfect teams to beat the sort of team that puts all their scoring players in one top line, have one good power play unit, and send out mediocre depth the entire rest of the game. The method employed against Boston, where John Tavares and…