The Colorado Avalanche and Edmonton Oilers meet Monday in game 4 of the West Finals NHL Playoffs at the Rogers Place. The Colorado Avalanche look to make their first Stanley Cup Final since the 2000-11 season. The Edmonton Oilers need a win to save their season and force a game 5 on Wednesday.
The Colorado Avalanche are averaging 4.54 goals per game and are scoring on 27.9 percent of their power play opportunities. Nathan MacKinnon leads Colorado with 10 goals, Cale Makar has 13 assists and Nazem Kadri has 47 shots on goal. Defensively, the Colorado Avalanche are allowing 2.69 goals per game and are killing 75 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Darcy Kuemper has allowed 24 goals on 234 shots faced, and Pavel Francouz has given up 10 goals on 125 shots.
The Edmonton Oilers are averaging 4 goals per game and are scoring on 26.7 percent of their power play opportunities. Evander Kane leads Edmonton with 13 goals, Connor McDavid has 21 assists and Zach Hyman has 62 shots on goal. Defensively, the Edmonton Oilers are allowing 3.53 goals per game and are killing 85.5 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Mike Smith has allowed 43 goals on 518 shots faced, and Mikko Koskinen has given up 6 goals on 58 shots.
The Avalanche are 6-0 in their last 6 road games and 55-19 in their last 74 overall. The Oilers are 20-6 in their last 26 home games and 21-10 in their last 31 overall. The over is 4-1 in Avalanche last 5 road games. The over is 5-2 in Oilers last 7 overall. The Avalanche are 6-1 in the last 7 meetings. The favorite is 9-0 in the last 9 meetings.
It feels like if the Edmonton Oilers were going to make this a series and show some fight, it would have been Saturday in game 3, but they choked the game away and had their spirit broken. Mike Smith also can’t be trusted in net, as he’s good for a horrendous goal allowed nearly every game. The Colorado Avalanche have won 22 of their last 31 road games, and they’ve now won 8 of their last 11 meetings against the Oilers. A cheap price with the Avs at this point is tough to pass up, as they’ve outplayed the Oilers in every area. Not sure the Oilers have anything left.