Avalanche at Golden Knights 2/16/21 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Avalanche are coming to this game after losing in their last game. The loss came against the Golden Knights, but it was impressive in the loss in the fact the Avalanche only allowed a single goal, but their offense was shut down. With the los it pushed Colorado into 3rd place in the Pacific with a 7-4-1 record on the year overall.

Scoring for Colorado has been good enough to get 3.17 goals per game. The power play for the Avalanche has converted at 26.4% on the year. Defensively the Avalanche have given up a total of 2.08 goals per game, but have a great penalty kill at 90.5% of the power plays faced this year.

Vegas heads to the game here after getting a win in their last game. The win was low scoring as mentioned with the Golden Knights winning the game by a score of 1-0. The win allowed Vegas to move back to first place in the West Division with a 10-2-1 record on the year so far.

On the season so far the Golden Knights have managed to get 3.15 goals per game. The power play for Vegas is converting at a clip of 18.6% on the season. Defensively the Golden Knights are giving up 2.08 goals per game, but have a penalty kill that is doing decent killing off 84.6% of the power plays faced on the year.