Avalanche bring high-scoring offence into Nashville visit
Colorado ranks second in goals per game ahead of Sunday’s first meeting with the Predators.
The Colorado Avalanche take an offence averaging 4.27 goals per game, second in the NHL, into Nashville on Sunday, Oct. 25. Their first meeting of the season with the Predators begins at 6 p.m. MDT at Bridgestone Arena.
Nathan MacKinnon has 20 points, including seven goals and 13 assists. Colorado is 6-4-1 after beating Tampa Bay 6-3 on Friday, when MacKinnon contributed a goal and three assists and Mackenzie Blackwood made 31 saves.
Nashville returns home at 3-3-4 after a 3-2 overtime loss in Pittsburgh on Saturday. Steven Stamkos and Jayden Struble scored for the Predators, but Rickard Rakell tied the game with 1:06 left in regulation before Ville Koivunen won it.
Stamkos leads Nashville with 11 points and five goals, while Roman Josi has a team-high eight assists. The clubs are scheduled to meet four times this season.
