Colorado is still in second place in the Western Division with 43 points. The team is literally two points behind the leader, so it may soon take the first position. Recently, Avalanches have been showing amazing results and have developed their streak to seven wins. However, after the victory over Arizona (5:1), the team unexpectedly lost to Psam in the return match in shootouts (4:5). At the same time, Jared Bednar’s charges took possession of an advantage of two goals in the final period, but allowed the opponent to level the score quickly enough. Overall, Colorado rarely concedes more than two goals per game.
St. Louis is experiencing staffing problems. So, the line-up lacks such key players as Ivan Barbashev and Karl Gunnarsson. As a result, the “Musicians” show unsuccessful results, although they are still in the fourth position of the tournament table. Over the past eight matches Craig Beryube’s team has celebrated success only twice. Recall that on the road the Blues managed to deal with San Jose (2:1 and 5:2), but in the next meeting they suffered a major defeat from Vegas with a score of 1:5. The team has conceded quite a lot lately and, as a rule, there are at least three goals in the net of their goal.
