DENVER—Nathan MacKinnon is counting on 18,000 of his rowdy friends to give the Colorado Avalanche a little bit of an extra buzz. Trailing the top-seeded Predators 2-0 in the first-round series, the Avalanche return Monday (10 p.m. EDT, Sportsnet) to a building that’s certainly been something to write home about this season. Their 28 wins at the Pepsi Center in the regular season tied the franchise mark held by the 2000-01 squad that went on to capture the Stanley Cup. “We have lots of confidence here,” said MacKinnon , whose team has dropped 12 in a row to the Predators. “The building has been a lot of fun this year.”Read more:

Source: thestar April 15, 2018 23:03 UTC