The Colorado Avalanche visit the Edmonton Oilers on Monday for Game 4 of their NHL Western Conference Finals best of seven series. Colorado can clinch the series and move on to the Stanley Cup Finals with a victory, after taking a 3-0 lead on Saturday with a 4-2 win at Edmonton. Valeri Nichushkin scored a pair of goals for the Avalanche, while Devon Toews had two assists. JT Compher and Mikko Rantanen each scored one goal for the Avalanche.
During the playoffs, Nathan MacKinnon is the leading goal scorer for Colorado with 10, while Gabriel Landeskog has scored seven and Nazem Kadri has six. The leader in assists is Cale Makar with 13, while Rantanen has 12. The points leaders are MacKinnon and Makar with 17 each. In goal, Pavel Francouz is 5-0 with a goals-against average of 2.37 and save percentage of .920.
Edmonton has its collective back's against the wall to say the least as the Oilers now must win each of the final four games of the series and face elimination in each game. In Saturday's loss, Edmonton opened the scoring with a goal by Connor McDavid after just 38 seconds of the first period, but the only other goal scored by Edmonton was early in the third period by Ryan McLeod. Goalie Mike Smith made 39 saves for the Oilers.
Evander Kane is the leading goal scorer for Edmonton with 13, while Connor McDavid and Zach Hyman have each scored nine. McDavid is tied with Leon Draisaitl for the lead in assists with 21. McDavid is the points leader with 30, while Draisaitl is a close second with 28. In goal, Mike Smith is 8-5 with a goals-against average of 3.18 and save percentage of .917.
Recent Betting Trends
- Colorado is 6-0 in its last 6 on the road
- The OVER has cashed in 4 of the Avalanche's last 5 on the road
- Edmonton is 21-10 in its last 31
- The OVER has cashed in 5 of the Oilers last 7
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Edmonton Oilers +105