Colorado vs. Nashville
NASHVILLE (Interstat) — The Colorado Avalanche will visit the Nashville Predators on Sunday at Bridgestone Arena in a National Hockey League game. Colorado enters with a 6-5 record. Nashville is 3-7. The Avalanche are the visiting team, and the Predators are the home team.
Nathan MacKinnon is a player to watch for Colorado. In his most recent game, MacKinnon had one goal, three assists, four shots on goal and one hit in a 6-3 win against Tampa Bay. Martin Necas added one goal and two assists, and Devon Toews had one goal and one assist in that game. MacKinnon also had one goal and three assists with nine shots on goal and one hit in a 5-2 win against Pittsburgh. He had two goals and eight shots on goal in a 6-3 loss to Toronto and one goal and two assists in a 7-3 win at Calgary.
Steven Stamkos is a player to watch for Nashville. In Nashville’s most recent game, Stamkos scored one goal on three shots on goal in a 3-2 overtime loss at Pittsburgh. Jayden Struble also scored on two shots with one hit, and Matthew Wood had one assist, three shots on goal and one hit. Stamkos had two assists, one shot on goal, two penalty minutes and one hit in a 5-2 win against St. Louis.
Colorado’s most recent result was a 6-3 home win against Tampa Bay. Nashville’s most recent result was a 3-2 overtime loss at Pittsburgh. Colorado’s other recent results include a 4-3 loss at New Jersey, a 3-2 loss at Philadelphia, a 5-2 home win against Pittsburgh, a 3-2 shootout loss to Dallas and a 3-2 win at Dallas. Nashville’s other recent results include a 6-0 loss at Boston, a 5-2 home win against St. Louis, a 3-2 shootout loss to San Jose, a 5-2 loss to Vegas and a 3-2 shootout loss at Ottawa.
Following this game, Colorado is scheduled to host New Jersey, host Calgary, visit Chicago, visit Columbus, host Nashville, host Detroit, visit Toronto, visit Ottawa, visit Montreal and visit Utah. Nashville is scheduled to host the N.Y. Islanders, host Washington, host Tampa Bay, host Carolina, visit Colorado, host St. Louis, visit Los Angeles, visit Anaheim, visit Vegas and visit San Jose.
Interstat’s game simulator is projecting a final score of Nashville 3, Colorado 2. Interstat’s ELO system is projecting Colorado with a 67 percent probability to win. Colorado has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The over/under is 6.5.