Colorado Avalanche vs Calgary Flames 3/13/22 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Calgary Flames and Colorado Avalanche meet Sunday in NHL action at the Ball Arena. The Calgary Flames look for a win after winning six of their last eight games. The Colorado Avalanche need a win after losing four of their last five games. 

The Calgary Flames are averaging 3.5 goals per game and are scoring on 23 percent of their power play opportunities. Andrew Mangiapane leads Calgary with 29 goals, Johnny Gaudreau has 51 assists and Matthew Tkachuk has 181 shots on goal. Defensively, the Calgary Flames are allowing 2.5 goals per game and are killing 85.3 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Jacob Markstrom has allowed 94 goals on 1,281 shots faced, and Dan Vladar has allowed 38 goals on 381 shots.

The Colorado Avalanche are averaging 3.9 goals per game and are scoring on 23.4 percent of their power play opportunities. Gabriel Landerskog leads Colorado with 30 goals, Nazem Kadri has 50 assists and Mikko Rantanen has 196 shots on goal. Defensively, the Colorado Avalanche are allowing 2.9 goals per game and are killing 76.3 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Darcy Kuemper has allowed 97 goals on 1,194 shots faced, and Pavel Francouz has allowed 32 goals on 402 shots.

The Flames are 4-1 in their last 5 road games and 17-4 in their last 21 overall. The Avalanche are 43-8 in their last 51 home games and 39-14 in their last 53 overall. The over is 5-1-3 in Flames last 9 road games. The over is 7-3-1 in Avalanche last 11 overall. The Flames are 2-6 in the last 8 meetings.

The Calgary Flames are good enough to deserve a look in the underdog role, but they’re on the end of a back to back and going up against a team that’s been a buzz saw all year, especially at home. We’re also getting the Colorado Avalanche at a price we don’t see often, as they’re usually laying -300 or close to it these days. I’ll take the Avs at home and the somewhat reasonable juice.