Nashville Predators vs Colorado Avalanche 1/11/22 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds
Colorado Avalanche (22-8-2) vs. Nashville Predators (23-11-2)
January 11, 2022 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: Nashville Predators +135 / Colorado Avalanche -155; Over/Under: -5.5
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The Colorado Avalanche and Nashville Predators meet Tuesday in NHL action at the Bridgestone Arena. The Colorado Avalanche look to build on their five-game winning streak. The Nashville Predators look to build on their four-game winning streak.
The Colorado Avalanche are averaging 4.3 goals per game and are scoring on 24.6 percent of their power play opportunities. Mikko Rantanen leads Colorado with 16 goals, Nazem Kadri has 32 assists and Nathan MacKinnon has 94 shots on goal. Defensively, the Colorado Avalanche are allowing 3.3 goals per game and are killing 73.1 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Darcy Kuemper has allowed 59 goals on 644 shots faced, and Jonas Johansson has allowed 24 goals on 200 shots.
The Nashville Predators are averaging 3.1 goals per game and are scoring on 26.4 percent of their power play opportunities. Filip Forsberg leads Nashville with 18 goals, Mikael Granlund has 27 assists and Roman Josi has 122 shots on goal. Defensively, the Nashville Predators are allowing 2.6 goals per game and are killing 82.9 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Juuse Saros has allowed 63 goals on 893 shots faced, and David Rittich has allowed 17 goals on 146 shots.
The Avalanche are 7-0 in their last 7 games playing on 0 days rest and 53-21 in their last 74 overall. The Predators are 6-2 in their last 8 games as an underdog and 4-0 in their last 4 overall. The over is 35-17-4 in Avalanche last 56 overall. The over is 5-1 in Predators last 6 overall. The Avalanche are 4-1 in the last 5 meetings in Nashville and 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.
The Colorado Avalanche are tough to bet against with the way they’re rolling and how dominant they’ve been in the favorite role. However, the Avs are coming off a tough game last night against Seattle and now have to go on the road and play a hot Nashville side. The Nashville Predators are coming off a nice week, and they’ve quietly won 19 of their last 26 home games. The Preds and the plus money has value when you throw in the rest advantage.
