Avalanche at Blackhawks 3/24/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Colorado Avalanche look for a fourth straight victory on Sunday when they visit the Chicago Blackhawks in the second half of a home-and-home back-to-back. The Avalanche defeated the Dallas Stars 3-1 on Thursday. Philipp Grubauer stopped 44 shots in net for Colorado including 23 during the third period. Tyson Barrie and Erik Johnson a pair of defensemen scored goals for the Avalanche in the win.

Chicago looks to snap a two-game losing streak when its hosts the Avalanche Sunday. The Blackhawks lost to Philadelphia 3-1 on Thursday in their most recent outing, before playing the Avalanche on Saturday. Scoring Chicago’s lone goal was Erik Gustafsson while Corey Crawford stopped 25 shots in net for the Blackhawks. Nathan MacKinnon leads Colorado in goals scored with 37 and in points with 91. Mikko Rantanen is the assists leader with 56. Goalie Philipp Grubauer is 14-9-3 and has 2.77 goals against average and .911 save percentage. Colorado is 10th in goals scored at 3.16 and 17th in goals against at 3.03.

Patrick Kane leads the Blackhawks in goals scored with 41, in assists with 60 and points with 101. Goalie Corey Crawford is 12-16-3 and has 3.03 goals against and .908 save percentage. On the season, Chicago is 8th in goals scored per game at 3.32 and 30th in goals against at 3.63.