Colorado Avalanche vs Detroit Red Wings 12/10/21 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche meet Friday in NHL action at the Ball Arena. The Detroit Red Wings look for a win after splitting their last 10 games. The Colorado Avalanche look for a win after winning 10 of their last 13 games.

The Detroit Red Wings are averaging 2.8 goals per game and are scoring on 15.9 percent of their power play opportunities. Dylan Larkin leads Detroit with 10 goals, Moritz Seider has 15 assists and Robby Fabbri has 59 shots on goal. Defensively, the Detroit Red Wings are allowing 3.2 goals per game and are killing 74.7 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Alex Nedeljkovic has given up 43 goals on 522 shots faced, and Thomas Greiss has allowed 34 goals on 336 shots.

The Colorado Avalanche are averaging 4.1 goals per game and are scoring on 24.1 percent of their power play opportunities. Mikko Rantanen leads Colorado with 12 goals, Nazem Kadri has 23 assists and Gabriel Landeskog has 60 shots on goal. Defensively, the Colorado Avalanche are allowing 3.5 goals per game and are killing 75.8 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Darcy Kuemper has allowed 43 goals on 440 shots faced, and Jonas Johansson has allowed 24 goals on 200 shots.

The Red Wings are 14-58 in their last 72 road games and 46-103 in their last 149 overall. The Avalanche are 39-14 in their last 53 home games and 46-20 in their last 66 overall. The over is 10-4 in Red Wings last 14 road games. The over is 18-6-2 in Avalanche last 26 overall. The Red Wings are 0-4 in the last 4 meetings in Colorado.

The Detroit Red Wings continue to stink up the joint on the road dating back to last season, and they’ve been no better on the end of back to backs. The Colorado Avalanche remain one of the hotter teams in the league, and they’ve played their best hockey on their home ice. The Avs have also won six straight games against the Red Wings. Give me the home team and the PL for max betting value.