Leading the Way\u00a0
\nNate the Great\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nathan MacKinnon is tied for third in the NHL in goals (7) and ranks tied for seventh in points (14).<\/p>\n
Marty Party\u00a0<\/p>\n
Martin Necas is tied for seventh in the NHL in assists (10).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Toewser\u00a0Laser\u00a0<\/p>\n
Among NHL defensemen, Devon Toews is sixth in assists (7) while ranking tied for sixth in points (9) and tied for eighth in goals (2).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Series History\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Avalanche and Golden Knights have met in one\u00a0previous\u00a0playoff series, with Vegas defeating Colorado in six games in Round Two in 2021. Additionally, the teams played a seeding round-robin contest in the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Making Plays Against Vegas\u00a0<\/p>\n
MacKinnon has posted eight points (3g\/5a) in nine playoff games against the Golden Knights, in addition to 30 points (8g\/22a) in 31 regular-season\u00a0contests.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Burns has recorded\u00a010\u00a0points (3g\/7a)\u00a0in\u00a015\u00a0playoff games against Vegas, along with 16 points (5g\/11a)\u00a0in 32 regular-season games.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gabriel Landeskog has registered six points (3g\/3a) in nine playoff games against\u00a0the Golden Knights, in addition to six points (3g\/3a) in 19 regular-season contests.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finding the Net in Nevada\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mitch Marner leads the Golden Knights in points (19) while ranking second in assists (12) and third in goals (7).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pavel Dorofeyev leads Vegas in goals (10) while ranking third in points (14).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eichel leads the Golden Knights in assists (16) while ranking second in points (18).\u00a0<\/p>\n
A Numbers Game\u00a0
\n3.75\u00a0<\/p>\n
Colorado\u2019s 3.75 goals per game on the road are the fourth most among\u00a0NHL\u00a0playoff teams.\u00a0<\/p>\n
56.6%\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Avalanche has won 56.6% of its face-offs on the road in the\u00a0postseason, which is the second-highest rate among playoff teams.\u00a0<\/p>\n
.656\u00a0<\/p>\n
Colorado\u2019s\u00a0.656 win\u00a0percentage\u00a0in road playoff games since 2020-21 is the best in the NHL among teams with at least 10 postseason contests away from home.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Quote That Left a Mark\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou need to just wake up with a good attitude and focus on having a good day today. Get some good recovery in,\u00a0and once you get to Vegas, have a good\u00a0sleep\u00a0and focus on the game tomorrow. So, you\u00a0can\u2019t\u00a0look too far ahead. We feel this is far from over, so we just [have] to keep playing our game and focus on Game Three.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
— Parker Kelly on\u00a0taking things one game at a time<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leading the Way\u00a0 Nate the Great\u00a0 Nathan MacKinnon is tied for third in the NHL in goals (7)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":691615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-691614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}