Colorado Avalanche at St. Louis Blues 5/27/22 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Colorado Avalanche play Game 6 of their NHL Western Conference semifinals best of seven series on the road Friday against the St. Louis Blues. Colorado leads the series 3-2 but was defeated in overtime by St Louis on Wednesday 5-4 in Game 5. Colorado squandered a 3-0 second period lead in the loss. Nathan MacKinnon scored a hat-trick for Colorado in the loss and added one assist. Darcy Kuemper made 25 saves.

Nathan MacKinnon is leading Colorado in goals scored with eight and in points with 13. Cale Makar and Mikko Rantanen are the leaders in assists with 10 each. Colorado’s Gabriel Landeskog has scored six goals during the playoffs. Darcy Kuemper is 5-2 with a goals-against average of 2.50 and save percentage of .904. Keumper has appeared in eight of Colorado's nine playoffs games, while Pavel Francouz has made two appearances in goal.

St Louis staved off elimination with its rally from three goals down in the second period to send Game 5 to overtime, where the Blues won. Tyler Bozak scored the winning goal for St. Louis 3:38 into the extra period. Robert Thomas scored two goals for the Blues while Vladimir Tarasenko and Jordan Kyrou each scored one. Ville Husso made 30 saves in goal for St. Louis. The Blues must win on Friday to send the series to a deciding Game 7 in Colorado on Sunday.

David Perron has scored nine goals for St Louis in the postseason, while Ryan O'Reilly has scored seven. The leader in assists Pavel Buchnevich with 10, while Brayden Schenn has seven. Perron is the points leader with 13, and O'Reilly has 12. Ville Husso a 2-4 with a goals against average of 3.78 and save percentage of .884. Jordan Binnington, who split duties in goal this season for St Louis with Husso, is out injured.