Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado Avalanche 6/2/21 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Vegas Golden Knights look to bounce back from a loss when visiting the Colorado Avalanche for Game 2 of their West division finals best of seven series. Vegas was embarrassed by Colorado in Game 1 as the Golden Knights were defeated 7-1. In addition to losing the game, Vegas also lost Ryan Reaves for two games after the NHL suspended Reaves following a match penalty in Game 1. Robin Lehner made 30 saves in net for Vegas.

During the postseason, the leading goal scorer for Vegas is Mark Stone with four, while Alex Tuch and Mattias Janmark have each scored three goals. The leader in assists is Chandler Stephenson with five, while Janmark is the overall leader in points with six. In goal, Marc-Andre Fleury is 4-3-0 with a goals against average of 1.71, save percentage of .931 and one shutout.

Colorado looks to take a 2-0 advantage in the series with a second consecutive victory at home on Wednesday. In Colorado's rout of Vegas in Game 1, Nathan MacKinnon scored two goals and added one assist, while Gabriel Landeskog scored two goals and Cale Makar scored one goal and added three assists. Philipp Grubauer was very strong in net, stopping 24 of the 25 shots he faced.

Nathan MacKinnon is the leading goal scorer for Colorado in the postseason with eight, while Gabriel Landeskog has scored four goals. The leaders in assists are Mikko Rantanen and Landeskog with seven each while the overall leader in points is MacKinnon with 12 and Landeskog has 11. In goal, Philipp Grubauer is 5-0-0 with a goals against average of 1.60 and save percentage of .941.