DENVER — All signs point toward Mikko Rantanen returning to the Avalanche for Game 1 of the playoffs Thursday night at Calgary.

Rantanen, who missed Colorado’s last eight regular-season games with an injury to his midsection (ribs or hip), went through a full practice Monday in a red, noncontact sweater. He skated on his own long after practice concluded, and coach Jared Bednar said Rantanen should practice in a regular jersey in the days leading up to Game 1.

The Western Conference No. 8-seeded Avs are officially off Tuesday but will practice Wednesday before traveling to Calgary.

“He’s been progressing just like we hoped he would,” Bednar said of Rantanen on Monday. “It looks to me like Mikko is going to be ready.”

Rantanen is Colorado’s second-leading scorer with 87 points, and he leads the team with 16 power-play goals.

He is the right winger on what is considered the NHL’s most dangerous line, with fellow 2019 NHL all-stars Nathan MacKinnon and Gabe Landeskog. The “MGM Line” could get split up in games at the Scotiabank Saddledome, because the Flames will have last change and have the ability to put their best defenders out against it, but the trio will definitely play together at the Pepsi Center.

“He’s skating every day and is getting closer and closer,” Landeskog, the Avs’ captain, said of Rantanen. “No doubt, it’s good to see him back out there.”

Overall, Colorado should be 100 percent healthy — or close to it — when it visits the top-seeded Flames for the first two games of the best-of-seven series. Rookie forward Vladimir Kamenev (shoulder surgery) remains out, but everyone else is cleared for action.

“We’re going into this first round as healthy as we can hope for,” Bednar said. “We got all our key guys in. Our roster is basically all available to us. That’s the way you want to go into it. You’re never going to feel perfect at this time of year as a player. So you have to be able to play when you’re not 100 percent. We’ll have some guys who do that, but so will they.”

Flames forwards Sean Monahan and Sam Bennett were held out of Saturday’s regular-season finale against Edmonton, but both will play Thursday in a series that’s expected to be a track meet between teams that are built to attack.

“Both teams can skate. Both teams can make plays — in-your-face style,” Bednar said. “So we’ve got to be prepared for that and be ready from the drop of the (first) puck.”

Bednar declined to name his Game 1 starter in net, although it would be a complete shock if it’s not Philipp Grubauer, who is riding a nine-game points streak (7-0-2).