Avalanche vs. Blues expert picks, odds for Wednesday’s Game 5 in Denver
The Colorado Avalanche are big favorites to beat the St. Louis Blues in the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Avalanche won the first game 6-2 on Monday night. They are undefeated on the road during the playoffs and can advance to the conference finals.
St. Louis Blues take on Colorado Avalanche in Game 5 on Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET. The Athletic's writers will make their picks straight up.
Avalanche leads 3-1 in the series. Game 5 is Wednesday in Denver.
The focus going into Game 4 was on Nazem Kadri after his collision with Jordan Binnington in Game 3. Kadra responded with a three-goal game. Colorado was by far the better team at five-on-five. St. Louis generated less than 30 percent of the shot share. The Avalanche outshot St.-Louis 19-12 and generated 10 scoring chances to the Blues’ four. Ryan O‘Reilly and Nathan MacKinnon played well together.
