Hurricanes at Avalanche 3/11/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Carolina Hurricanes look for a second straight win on the road Monday when they visit the Colorado Avalanche. The Hurricanes defeated the Nashville Predators on Saturday 5-3. Nico Niederreiter scored twice for Carolina, while Justin Williams, Jordan Martinook and Sebastian Aho each scored one goal for the Hurricanes.

Colorado also won its last outing downing the Buffalo Sabres at home 3-0. Nathan MacKinnon scored one goal and assisted on two others, while Mikko Rantanen and Gabriel Borque each scored one goal. Philipp Grubauer made 18 saves in net to notch his second shutout of the season. Sebastian Aho is the Carolina leader in goals scored with 30, in assists with 47 and points with 77. Goalie Curtis McElhinney is 17-8-2 with a goals against average of 2.52 and a save percentage of .914. Carolina is 13th in goals scored per game at 3.00 and 9th in goals against at 2.78.

Nathan MacKinnon leads Colorado in goals scored with 35 and in points with 87. Mikko Rantanen is the assists leader with 56. Goalie Semyon Varlamov is 19-17-9 and has 2.84 goals against average and .910 save percentage. Colorado is 9th in goals scored at 3.22 and 21st in goals against at 3.10.