Once Upon A Time In Las Vegas
The Colorado Avalanche will go on the road and take on the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place. The Avalanche have a record of 19-15-3 on the season. Edmonton has a record of 21-17-2. Both these two teams faced each other three times last season with Colorado winning two of the three games. The puck drops at 10 PM EST.
Colorado was a -160 favorite in their last game but they lost 4-2 against the Vancouver Canucks. Mikko Rantanen and Samuel Girard each scored a goal. Alexandar Georgiev stopped 39 out of 42 shots faced.
The offense has been inefficient for Colorado this season. They rank 26th in goals per game and seventh in shots per game. The Avs scored three or fewer goals in nine of the last 10 games. Mikko Rantanen leads the team with 48 points and 26 goals. He ranks tied for seventh in points and tied for sixth in goals in the league. Nathan MacKinnon has 36 points on the season. He recently came back after being out for almost a month and the offense has not been the same without him. With MacKinnon back in the lineup, Colorado will start playing much better on offense.
The defense has been slightly less than average but goaltending has been good for the Avalanche. The team r anks 12th in goals against per game and 20th in shots against per game. Alexandar Georgiev has a 15-10-3 record with a 2.69 GAA and a .915 SV%. Pavel Francouz has a record of 4-5-0 with a 2.80 GAA and .913 SV%. Cale Makar has 35 points on the season. He is fourth in points, tied for third in goals and sixth in assists among all defensemen in the league.