Colorado at Montreal

Colorado has won the past five meetings and the Avalanche currently are one of the hottest teams in the league winning seven of eight, including 5-3 over Toronto on Saturday when Nathan MacKinnon scored the tiebreaking goal with 3:25 left to cap a rally from a three-goal deficit. Alexandar Georgiev had 26 saves for Colorado and he is likely to be in net tonight with a 24-9-2 record and 2.89 goals-against average. Montreal has lost seven of nine and three in a row after losing 2-1 in overtime to Edmonton and the Canadiens have scored only five goals their past three games, including a 3-2 defeat against lowly San Jose. Montreal has lost 11 of its past 14 home games and Colorado has won 44 of 62 against the Atlantic Division. Jake Allen is confirmed in net for the Canadiens and he is 4-8-2 with a 3.52 goals-against average. Take the Avalanche as a Max Play.