Colorado at Vegas

This is the end of a grueling six-game road trip for Colorado, off a 3-1 loss at physical St. Louis. The Avalanche lost high-scoring forward Mikko Rantanen to a lower-body injury for a month in the defeat. The team is 1-8 when working on three or more days of rest and faces a talented Vegas squad that is eighth in goals allowed. Netminder Marc-Andre Fleury gets the call and has seven victories to lead the league, off a 2-1 win over Chicago. He has stopped 97-of-100 shots over his last three starts and is 2-0-1 with three goals allowed in three starts versus Colorado since joining Vegas. Vegas is 19-6 at home when facing a winning team in the first half of the season, plus 56-24 against goalies that stop 91.5%+ of their shots. The home team has won six straight meetings when these teams clash, with Vegas winning by a 9-1 count the last two meetings in this building. Play Vegas.