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San Jose Sharks vs Colorado Avalanche 3/18/22 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

Colorado Avalanche (43-13-5) vs. San Jose Sharks (26-25-8)
March 18, 2022 10:30 pm EDT
The Line: San Jose Sharks +210 / Colorado Avalanche -238; Over/Under: +6
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The Colorado Avalanche and San Jose Sharks meet Friday in NHL action at the SAP Center. The Colorado Avalanche look for a win after splitting their last eight games. The San Jose Sharks need a win after losing six of their last nine games. 

The Colorado Avalanche are averaging 3.8 goals per game and are scoring on 24.1 percent of their power play opportunities. Gabriel Landerskog leads Colorado with 30 goals, Nazem Kadri has 51 assists and Mikko Rantanen has 205 shots on goal. Defensively, the Colorado Avalanche are allowing 2.8 goals per game and are killing 77.8 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Darcy Kuemper has allowed 97 goals on 1,263 shots faced, and Pavel Francouz has allowed 32 goals on 402 shots.

The San Jose Sharks are averaging 2.6 goals per game and are scoring on 20.4 percent of their power play opportunities. Timo Meier leads San Jose with 25 goals, Brent Burns has 34 assists and Thomas Hertl has 157 shots on goal. Defensively, the San Jose Sharks are allowing 3.1 goals per game and are killing 86.8 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Adin Hill has allowed 61 goals on 648 shots faced, and James Reimer has allowed 88 goals on 1,045 shots.

The Avalanche are 11-4 in their last 15 road games and 39-12 in their last 51 overall. The Sharks are 3-7 in their last 10 home games and 4-12 in their last 16 overall. The over is 4-0 in Avalanche last 4 Friday games. The under is 6-2 in Sharks last 8 overall. The Avalanche are 5-21 in the last 26 meetings in San Jose and 5-1 in the last 6 meetings.

The Colorado Avalanche have had issues wining in San Jose, but they’re head and shoulders the better team this season and are hard to bet against when they have the rest advantage or are playing far lesser competition. The San Jose Sharks are on the end of a back to back and can’t win in the underdog role or string wings together overall. Hard not to side with the Avs and the PL for max betting value.

Randy Chambers's Free Pick: Colorado Avalanche -1.5

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