Colorado Avalanche (42-20-8, second in the Central Division during the regular season) vs. Arizona Coyotes (33-29-8, fifth in the Pacific Division during the regular season)
Edmonton, Alberta; Saturday, 3 p.m. EDT
WESTERN CONFERENCE FIRST ROUND: Colorado leads series 2-0
BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Avalanche take on the Arizona Coyotes in the Western Conference first round with a 2-0 lead in the series. The teams meet Saturday for the fifth time this season. The Avalanche won the last meeting 3-2.
The Coyotes are 18-16-6 in Western Conference games. Arizona serves 6.5 penalty minutes per game, the fewest in the Western Conference. Michael Chaput leads them averaging 1.0.
The Avalanche are 21-14-4 in Western Conference play. Colorado is second in the Western Conference averaging 5.7 assists per game, led by Nathan MacKinnon with 0.8.
TOP PERFORMERS: Alex Goligoski leads the Coyotes with a plus-eight in 70 games this season. Clayton Keller has five goals and four assists over the last 10 games for Arizona.
MacKinnon leads the Avalanche with 35 goals and has 93 points. Vladislav Namestnikov has four goals and one assist over the last 10 games for Colorado.
DURING THE PLAYOFFS: Coyotes: Averaging 2.7 goals, 3.7 assists, 4.0 penalties and 8.3 penalty minutes while giving up 2.8 goals per game with a .926 save percentage.
Avalanche: Averaging 3.0 goals, 5.6 assists, 3.6 penalties and 7.2 penalty minutes while giving up 1.4 goals per game with a .947 save percentage.
INJURIES: Coyotes: Nick Schmaltz: day to day (neck).
Avalanche: Joonas Donskoi: day to day (unfit to play).
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