Colorado Avalanche vs New York Rangers 12/14/21 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The New York Rangers and the Colorado Avalanche meet in NHL action from the Ball Arena on Tuesday night.

The New York Rangers come into this game looking to shake off a 1-0 loss at the hands of the Nashville Predators last time out. Panarin leads the Rangers with 32 points while Adam Fox is right behind with 29 points, with Fox leading the Rangers with 24 assists while Panarin is right there with 23 assists. Chris Kreider has 21 points with a team-high 17 goals and 10 power play goals while Mika Zibanejad also has 21 points with 5 goals and 16 assists. Igor Shesterkin’s seen the majority of New York’s action in goal, going 13-3-2 with a 2.05 GAA and a .937 save percentage this season, but he is out until at least the latter part of the month with a leg injury, leaving the goaltending duties to Alexandar Georgiev who has gone 5-2-1 with a 2.85 GAA and a .902 save percentage.

The Colorado Avalanche will try to make it five straight wins with a 3-2 win over Florida in their last game. Nazem Kadri leads the Avs in scoring with 34 points including a team-high 23 assists while Gabriel Landeskog has 27 points and Cale Makar has 25 points with Landeskog logging 9 goals, 18 assists and a +13 plus/minus, while Devon Toews has a team-best +19 plus/minus rating. Makar has 10 goals and 11 assists while Mikko Rantanen has a team-high 12 goals as well as 27 points of his own this season. Darcy Kuemper has gone 12-5 with a 2.82 GAA and a .906 save percentage this season in goal for Colorado.

New York is 4-0 in their last 4 road games and 12-3 in their last 15 games overall while the over is 5-1 in their last 6 games as an underdog. Colorado is 0-4 in their last 4 Tuesday games and 4-0 in their last 4 games against the Eastern Conference while the over is 7-1 in their last 8 games as a home favorite.

I’m excited to see how this game shakes out as the Rangers will be out for revenge for the beatdown Colorado handed out in the first meeting just under a week ago but the Avs are playing fantastic right now. With that said, I’m still leaning towards the Rangers simply because they’re winning two-thirds of their games on the road so far this season and we’re getting a fair bit of plus money with a really solid team in New York. Can’t pass up that kind of value.