On a busy night in the National Hockey League, the Tampa Bay Lightning and Colorado Avalanche get set for a marquee matchup. Both teams entered the 2025-26 season with expectations to be postseason contenders, with the Avalanche hoping they can put things together to make a deep run in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Five people were killed, including a father and daughter climbing duo, during a weekend avalanche in the Italian Alps. The incident occurred near Cima Vertana, one of the tallest peaks in Eastern Italy and part of the Ortler Alps.

Four weeks of the 2025-26 NHL season are in the books, and the Colorado Avalanche continue to rack up the points. Colorado (7-1-5) is the only team in the league with fewer than two regulation losses, and its lone 60-minute defeat was a 3-2 road setback against the Boston Bruins on Oct. 25.

Lightning vs. Avalanche predictions and NHL picks for Tuesday, November 4. Andrei Vasilevskiy shines as the visitors take one in Denver.

Two men and a woman were recovered dead on Saturday, while the bodies of a man and his 17-year-old daughter were found on Sunday.

An avalanche in Italy's Dolomite mountains has killed five German climbers, including a 17-year-old girl and her father, according to rescuers. The mountaineers, travelling in separate groups, were scaling Cima Vertana in the Ortler Alps at around 16:00 local time on Saturday when the fast-moving snow hit.

The Tampa Bay Lightning face the Colorado Avalanche in a heavyweight battle on the ice Tuesday at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado.

The Tampa Bay Lightning have activated defenseman Max Crozier off injured reserve. Jon Cooper indicated that Crozier will be in the lineup for their matchup against the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night.