Avalanche's Calvin Pickard: Starting Friday against New York

Pickard will guard the cage in Friday's home game against the Islanders, Terry Frei of The Denver Post reports.

Analysis:

Pickard has been terrible of late, suffering five consecutive defeats while posting an abysmal 4.44 GAA and .864 save percentage over that span. The 24-year-old netminder will look to get back on track in a tough matchup with a surging Islanders club that has won four of its last five games, scoring at least four goals in each of those victories.