Colorado Avalanche vs. Vegas Golden Knights NHL Picks, Odds, Predictions 6/4/2021
Colorado Avalanche (45-13-4) vs. Vegas Golden Knights (44-17-4)
June 4, 2021 10:00 pm EDT
The Line: Vegas Golden Knights -115 / Colorado Avalanche +105; Over/Under: -5.5
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The Colorado Avalanche and Vegas Golden Knights meet Friday in game three of the West Second Round NHL Playoffs at the T-Mobile Arena. The Avalanche have a chance to take a commanding 3-0 series lead. The Golden Knights need a win to get back in the series.
The Colorado Avalanche are averaging five goals per game and are scoring on 43.5 percent of their power play opportunities. Nathan MacKinnon leads Colorado with eight goals, Gabriel Landeskog has seven assists and Mikko Rantanen has 24 shots on goal. Defensively, the Colorado Avalanche are allowing 1.67 goals per game and are killing 78.6 percent of their opponents power plays. Philipp Grubauer has allowed 10 goals on 176 shots faced.
The Vegas Golden Knights are averaging 2.56 goals per game and are scoring on 15 percent of their power play opportunities. Mark Stone leads Vegas with four goals, Chandler Stephenson has five assists and Jonathan Marchessault has 33 shots on goal. Defensively, the Vegas Golden Knights are allowing 2.56 goals per game and are killing 72.7 percent of their opponents power plays. Robin Lehner has given up seven goals on 37 shots faced and Marc-Andre Fleury has given up 15 goals on 198 shots.
The Avalanche are 19-7 in their last 26 Friday games and 42-14 in their last 56 overall. The Golden Knights are 8-1 in their last 9 Friday games and 67-31 in their last 98 overall. The over is 4-1 in Avalanche last 5 overall. The over is 8-2 in Golden Knights last 10 Friday games. The favorite is 4-0 in the last 4 meetings. The under is 7-3 in the last 10 meetings.
The Avs are tough to bet against, as they’ve outplayed Vegas in both games and have won six of the last nine meetings. However, the Golden Knights made progress in game two and know they need this game to have a shot. Vegas can’t fall in a 0-3 hole and have a real shot of advancing. This is an experienced Golden Knights club and doesn’t string together losses much. With the home crowd, Vegas should muscle this game out.
I’ll lay the small price with the home team.
