NASHVILLE — The Colorado Avalanche, now one win shy of advancing to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fourth consecutive year, will attempt to improve to sweep its second consecutive first-round playoff series Monday night against the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena.
Here are three keys for Colorado in Game 4, which swept the St. Louis Blues in the first round a year ago:
More of MacKinnon and Makar. Save for Gabe Landeskog’s two-goal, four-point performance in Game 3’s 7-3 triumph Saturday, center Nathan MacKinnon and defenseman Cale Makar have been Colorado’s best players.