Will Colorado tie the series up and make it a best-of-three? Simulating Game 4 in NHL 24
Our series simulation predicted Colorado winning in five games. Well, seeing as Dallas leads the series 2-1 in real life, I don't think NHL 24 can be correct in their prediction.
Dallas Head Coach told the media they will be icing the same lineup they have used in Games 2 & 3.
Dallas' Projected Lines:
Robertson - Hintz - Stankoven
Benn - Johnston - Pavelski
Marchment - Duchene - Seguin
Dadonov - Steel - Smith
Harley - Heiskanen
Lindell - Tanev
Suter - Lundkvist
Oettinger
Wedgewood
The Avalanche could be getting reinforcements for tonight's game with Jonathan Drouin making his playoffs debut. Head Coach Jared Bednar didn't officially announce Drouin's return to the lineup, but he took the ice in a PP1 jersey at morning skate and looks primed to make his return.
Colorado's Projected Lines:
Drouin - MacKinnon - Rantanen
Lehkonen - Mittelstadt - Nichushkin
Wood - Colton - Parise
Duhaime - Trenin - Cogliano
Toews - Makar
Girard - Manson
Johnson - Walker
Georgiev
Annunen
Colorado dominated the simulation outshooting Dallas 39-25 and winning Game 4 by a score of 4-2.
Who else but Nathan MacKinnon to lead the way even in a video game simulation. MacKinnon finished with two goals and three points. His Halifax Moosehead teammate Jonathan Drouin factored in on both of his goals for a two-assist performance in his return to the lineup.
Matt Duchene and Nils Lundkvist scored the two goals for the Stars and Jason Robertson was held off the scoresheet but registered a game-high eight shots.
Jake Oettinger was pulled in the third period after allowing four goals on 33 shots. An interesting CPU coaching decision that I'm sure would not play out well in real life.
Puck drop for Game 4 is 9:30pm EST where the home team Avs will look to even up the series while Dallas hopes to head back home for Game 5 with a chance to advance.
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