The Colorado Avalanche and Vegas Golden Knights meet Saturday in NHL action at the T-Mobile Arena. The Colorado Avalanche need a win after losing 3 of their last 4 games. The Vegas Golden Knights look to build on their 4-1 record.

The Colorado Avalanche are averaging 4.2 goals per game and are scoring on 53.8 percent of their power play opportunities. Valeri Nichushkin leads Colorado with 5 goals, Mikko Rantanen has 6 assists and Nathan MacKinnon has 20 shots on goal. Defensively, the Colorado Avalanche are allowing 3.5 goals per game and are killing 50 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Alexandar Georgiev has allowed 9 goals on 84 shots faced, and Pavel Francouz has given up 5 goals on 27 shots.

The Vegas Golden Knights are averaging 3 goals per game and are scoring on 18.8 percent of their power play opportunities. Jonathan Marchessault leads Vegas with 4 goals, Alex Pietrangelo has 5 assists and Reilly Smith has 20 shots on goal. Defensively, the Vegas Golden Knights are allowing 2 goals per game and are killing 76.9 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Logan Thompson has given up 6 goals on 97 shots faced, and Adin Hill has allowed 4 goals on 61 shots.

The Colorado Avalanche are off to a rocky start through 5 games as their offense and defense cant get on the same page. I doubt the Avs get back on the right track here, with them on the end of a back to back. The Vegas Golden Knights are playing well and for whatever reason they keep getting disrespected by oddsmakers. It’s hard to turn down Vegas and the cheap price, especially at home.