Coach Jared Bednar offered some insight about the Colorado Avalanche and injuries heading into their best of seven against the Las Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday stating that he thinks everyone will be available for game one for the Western Conference Finals.
The Las Vegas Knights defeated the Anaheim Ducks in six games winning four, finishing off Anaheim last Thursday night in Anaheim. The Golden Knights ended the season atop of the Pacific Division with 39 wins, 95 points. The Avs finished off the Minnesota Wild in five game (a gentlemen’s sweep) after beating the Wild last week in an amazing comeback win after being down 3-0 in the first period.
The Avs finished the season atop of the Central Division with 55 wins and 121 points a league best, winning the Presidents Trophy.
Colorado has been the favorites to win the Cup this season but many thought both the L.A. Kings and the Minnesota Wild were going to be much bigger problems for Colorado than they actually were. Both the Wild and Kings were solid teams with a chance to make it deep into the playoffs, a feat the Wild accomplished after beating the Dallas Stars. Colorado proved to be too much for Minnesota in the end.
This week the Colorado Avalanche will kick off their best of seven against the Golden Knights on Wednesday night at Ball Arena.
The Colorado Avalanche are heavy favorites to win the Western Conference Final series but Las Vegas will likely be Colorado’s biggest challenge thus far.
Wednesday nights game is scheduled at 6 p.m. MST. Game two will be played this Friday at Ball Arena at 6 p.m. before the Avs travel to Las Vegas to face the Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena for gam three at 6 p.m. MST. Game four is scheduled for Tuesday night, time TBD.
The Colorado Rockies lost their three-game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks over the weekend, 3 games to 1. This week the Rockies are hosting the Texas Rangers in a three-game series that kicked off on Tuesday with a Rockies 7-6 win over the Rangers. Game two is scheduled for Tuesday at 6:40 p.m. and game three is scheduled for Wednesday at 1:10 p.m.
