Colorado Avalanche at San Jose Sharks 3/1/21 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Colorado Avalanche look for their third consecutive victory when visiting the San Jose Sharks on Monday. Colorado is 11-6-1 with 23 points following a 6-2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday. Jacob MacDonald scored the first time this season and broke a tie helping lead the Avalanche to the victory. Colorado is fourth in the West division two points behind first-place Vegas.

Mikko Rantanen is the leading goal scorer for Colorado with eight, while Nathan MacKinnon is the leader in assists with 15 and points with 20. In goal, Philipp Grubauer is 10-5-0 with a goals-against average of 2.01 and save percentage of .923. Colorado is scoring an average of 3.60 goals per game and allowing an average of 2.33 goals per game. The Colorado power play has scored 23.9% of the time and the penalty-kill unit has been successful 89.5% of the time.

San Jose looks to snap a two-game losing streak when hosting Colorado on Monday. The Sharks are 7-9-2 with 16 points following a 7-6 loss to the St Louis Blues on Saturday. San Jose led 2-1 following the first period and 4-3 entering the third period, but could not hold off the Blues. Timo Meier scored two goals and added one assist and Evander Kane scored a pair of goals for the Sharks.

Logan Couture is the leading goal scorer for San Jose with 11 and is the leader in points with 18, while Evander Kane is the leader in assists with eight. In goal, Martin Jones is 6-5-1 with a goals-against average of 3.85 and save percentage of .876. San Jose is scoring an average of 2.72 goals per game and allowing an average of 3.89 goals per game. The San Jose power play is scoring 17.5% of the time and the penalty-kill unit has been successful 76.9% of the time.