Goalie Calvin Pickard will start when the Colorado Avalanche begin a four-game homestand following a 5-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues on Sunday. Pickard made 32 saves in the Avalanche's 1-0 win against the Minnesota Wild on Saturday, and is 3-0-0 with a 1.50 goals-against average and .946 save percentage. Pickard made 24 saves in a 3-2 road win against Arizona on Oct. 29. Colorado has six goals in the past six games, and three came against the Coyotes. "We've had a ton of chances, a lot of good ones every game and we just have to start finishing," said forward Nathan MacKinnon, who has gone 10 games without a goal since the opener against the Dallas Stars. "It's going to come. We've run into some really good goaltenders. Hopefully our luck will change and we'll get a couple lucky ones tonight." The Avalanche have killed 27 of 30 penalties in their past eight games, but they're 3-for-32 on the power play in their past nine. "We have a handful of guys, you could call them snake bit, frustrated offensively," coach Jared Bednar said. "If you look at the scoring chances, we should have a few more goals than we do. Goal scorers go through streaks where they score goals in bunches and sometimes they cool off a little bit. Once guys score a goal or two, I think things will open up for them."
