Colorado Avalanche at San Jose Sharks 3/8/20 - NHL Picks & Predictions
Last Updated: 03/07/2020 at 8:23 PM ET
The Colorado Avalanche look to snap a two-game losing streak when visiting the San Jose Sharks on Sunday. Colorado dropped to 40-19-8 and 88 points following its 6-3 loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Friday. With the loss, Colorado remained in second place in the Central Division two points behind first place St Louis and six points ahead of third place Dallas.
Nathan MacKinnon is leading Colorado in goals scored with 34, in assists with 56 and in points with 90. Colorado is scoring an average of 3.14 goals per game and allowing an average of 2.72 goals per game. In net, Pavel Francouz is 19-6-4 with a goals-against average of 2.39 and save percentage of .924.
San Jose concludes the back half of a back-to-back on Sunday when hosting the Colorado Avalanche after hosting the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. The Sharks dropped to 29-34-4 and 62 following a 3-2 loss on Thursday to the Minnesota Wild. San Jose is in seventh place in the Pacific Division two points behind sixth place Anaheim.
Evander Kane is the leading goal scorer for San Jose with 24, while Erik Karlsson is the assists leader with 34 and Timo Meier is the points leader with 44. San Jose is scoring an average of 2.60 goals per game and allowing an average of 3.18 goals per game. In net, Martin Jones is 17-20-2 with a goals-against average of 2.97 and save percentage of .898.
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Although Colorado has stumbled slightly with two consecutive losses, the Avalanche have played very well the last month as Colorado had won seven straight games prior to its two consecutive losses. San Jose on the other hand has lost six of its last nine and is far down the standings in the Western Conference while Colorado is second in the West behind just St. Louis. Final Score Prediction, Colorado Avalanche wins 5-2.
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