Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights 6/4/21 - NHL Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 06/03/2021 at 9:02 PM ET

The Colorado Avalanche look for their 11th consecutive victory when playing Game 3 of their West division finals best of seven series on the road Friday against the Vegas Golden Knights. Colorado took a 2-0 lead in the series with a 3-2 overtime victory on Wednesday in Game 2 at home. Mikko Rantanen scored the winning goal in the extra period to give the Avalanche a two-game lead in the series.

Nathan MacKinnon is the leading goal scorer for Colorado during the postseason with eight, while Gabriel Landeskog is the leader in assists with seven. MacKinnon is also the leader in overall points with 13. Brandon Saad has a team 12 penalty minutes and Ryan Graves is the leader in plus/minus at 10. In goal, Philipp Grubauer is 6-0-0 with a goals against average of 1.66 and save percentage of .943.

Vegas is in a must-win situation for Game 3 of the series at home, as the Golden Knights do not want to lose and trail in the series 3-0. The Golden Knights have lost four of the last five. Scoring for Vegas in the loss on Thursday were Alec Martinez and Riley Smith, while Marc-Andre Fleury made 22 saves in goal. Vegas took 41 shots but could only get two past Colorado goalie Grubauer.

Mark Stone is the leading goal scorer for Vegas during the postseason with four, while Chandler Stephenson is the leader in assists with five and Mattias Janmark is the points leader with six. Ryan Reaves has a team high 16 penalty minutes and Stephenson is the plus/minus leader at 5. In goal, Marc-Andre Fleury is 4-4-0 with a goals-against average of 1.86 comment save percentage of .924 and one shutout.

Vegas will be on its home ice and bounces back with a victory in Game 3 of the series to narrow the Colorado lead to 2-1. The favorite (VEG) has won each of the last four between these two West division rivals. Vegas has won 67 of its last 98 overall and at home the Golden Knights have won 38 of the last 52. Marc-Andre Fleury will play well between the pipes for Vegas and Mark Stone will lead the way in the attacking zone for the Golden Knights. Final Score Prediction, Vegas Golden Knights in 4-2.

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