The Seattle Kraken have been a thorn in the side for the Colorado Avalanche through the first three games.
The Seattle Kraken have been a thorn in the side for theAvalanche through the first three games of their Round 1 series, but the series scoreboard still reads 2-1 in favor of the Avs ahead of Monday night’s Game 4 in Seattle.
And although they are down in the series and face the prospect of being pushed to the brink on Monday night, the Kraken can feel pretty good about how they’ve played through the first 180 minutes of this series.Can Seattle pull the upset on Monday night and turn this series into a best-of-3?Colorado vs. Seattle was always going to be a battle of starpower against depth.
While the Avs are built around players like Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Devon Toews, and Mikko Rantanen, the Kraken rely on their ability to roll four lines and get production from up and down their lineup to get results.Matt Nieto #83 of the Colorado AvalancheThe Avs stars have driven the bus to a 2-1 lead with MacKinnon, Rantanen, and Toews combining for six of the team’s 10 goals in the series, while Seattle has eight different players with at least a goal and only one with two.
And while Colorado would love a little more production from its depth players and Seattle could use a big game from someone like Matty Beniers, Vince Dunn or Jared McCann, both clubs can feel pretty good about where they sit as this series heads to Game 4. For the Avs, they have the 2-1 series lead and home-ice advantage, but the Kraken have held their own and played the Avs to almost even splits at 5-on-5.Colorado has the edge in expected goals and high-danger scoring chances , but nothing suggests one team is tilting the ice in this series.
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