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

On Sunday, the Colorado Avalanche visit the Vegas Golden Knights for Game 4 of their West Division finals best of seven series. Colorado leads the series 2-1 following a disappointing 3-2 loss to Vegas in Game 3 after leading late in the third period and giving up two late goals to lose. Scoring in the loss for Colorado were Carl Soderberg and Mikko Rantanen. Philipp Grubauer made 40 saves in net for the Avalanche.

During the postseason, Nathan MacKinnon is the leading goal scorer for Colorado with eight and the Avalanche center is the leader in overall points with 13. Gabriel Landeskog is the leader in assists with eight and is second in overall points with 12. Brandon Saad has a team high 12 penalty minutes and MacKinnon is the leader in plus/minus at 8. In goal, Philipp Grubauer is 6-2-0 with a goals-against average of 2.03 and save percentage of .931.

Vegas looks to even the series on Sunday with a victory in Game 4 at home. The Golden Knights trailed 2-1 with just over five minutes remaining in the third period of Game 3 but Jonathan Marchessault scored the tying goal at 14:42 and 45 seconds later Max Pacioretty scored what would be the winning goal. Marc-Andre Fleury made 18 saves in net for Vegas.

During the postseason, the leading goal scorer for Vegas is Mark Stone with four, while William Karlsson and Mattias Janmark each have three. Chandler Stephenson is the leader in assists with five and Stone is the points leader with six. Ryan Reaves has a team-high 16 penalty minutes and Stephenson is the leader in plus/minus at 6. In goal, Marc-Andre Fleury is 6-4-0 with a  goals against average of 1.91, save percentage of .934 and one shutout.