Colorado’s top-six firepower and stronger start put pressure on a Nashville side trying to end a two-game skid.
Colorado arrives with 13 points and a 6-4-1 record, while Nashville has 10 points at 3-3-4 and has lost two straight. The Avalanche sit seventh in the power index, well ahead of the Predators at 24th, and have won two of their last five; Nashville has won once in that span. Nathan MacKinnon leads Colorado with 20 points in 11 games, while Steven Stamkos tops Nashville with 11 points in 10. Colorado also holds the edge in top-six points per game, 6.92 to 4.3, and shot differential per game, +2.1 to -5.2. Nashville needs its attack to close that gap; otherwise, Colorado’s stronger production profile could decide the game.