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Colorado Avalanche vs New Jersey Devils 4/14/22 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

New Jersey Devils (26-41-6) vs. Colorado Avalanche (53-14-6)
April 14, 2022 9:00 pm EDT
The Line: Colorado Avalanche -312 / New Jersey Devils +240; Over/Under: -7.5
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The New Jersey Devils and the Colorado Avalanche meet in NHL action from the Ball Arena on Thursday night.

The New Jersey Devils will look to build on a 6-2 win over Arizona last time out. Jesper Bratt leads the Devils in scoring with 68 points including 23 goals and a team-high 45 assists while Damon Severson has 41 points with 10 goals and 31 assists. Dawson Mercer has 41 points with 16 goals and 25 assists and Nico Hischier has 57 points with 20 goals and 37 assists this season. Jack Hughes also has 56 points with a team-high 26 goals and 30 assists this season.

The Colorado Avalanche will look to build on their current seven-game win streak after a 9-3 rout of Los Angeles last time out. Mikko Rantanen has a team-high 87 points and 35 goals with 52 assists while Nazem Kadri has 83 points including a team-high 57 assists. Gabriel Landeskog has 59 points and Cale Makar has 81 points with Landeskog logging 30 goals and 29 assists while Makar has 26 goals and 55 assists. Nathan MacKinnon also has 82 points with 29 goals and 53 assists this season. Darcy Kuemper has gone 35-9-3 with a 2.37 GAA and a .926 save percentage this season while Pavel Francouz has a record of 14-3-1 with a 2.58 GAA and a .917 save percentage in goal for Colorado.

New Jersey is 0-4 in their last 4 games after scoring 5 goals or more in their previous game and 1-4 in their last 5 games following a win while the over is 22-7-1 in their last 30 road games. Colorado is 49-9 in their last 58 home games and 12-2 in their last 14 games played on no rest while the under is 5-0 in their last 5 Thursday games.

I get why you could consider a big underdog in certain spots, but those who know me know, I do not back these New Jersey Devils in any circumstance as the Devils find new ways to lose games on the regular. Colorado has a lineup far better than what the Devils are putting on the ice and the Avalanche just don’t lose at home. I’ll side with the Avs and to get the price down, I’ll take Colorado on the -1.5 puck line here.

Chris Ruffolo's Free Pick: Colorado -1.5

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