Colorado Avalanche vs Vancouver Canucks 11/23/22 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Vancouver Canucks and Colorado Avalanche meet Wednesday in NHL action at the Ball Arena. The Vancouver Canucks have lost 4 of their last 6 games. The Colorado Avalanche have won 7 of their last 8 games.

The Vancouver Canucks are averaging 3.44 goals per game and are scoring on 29.7 percent of their power play opportunities. Bo Horvat leads Vancouver with 15 goals, Quinn Hughes has 18 assists and Elias Pettersson has 58 shots on goal. Defensively, the Vancouver Canucks are allowing 3.89 goals per game and are killing 65 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Thatcher Demko has given up 50 goals on 426 shots faced, and Spencer Martin has allowed 21 goals on 206 shots.

The Colorado Avalanche are averaging 3.56 goals per game and are scoring on 36.5 percent of their power play opportunities. Mikko Rantanen leads Colorado with 11 goals, Nathan MacKinnon has 21 assists and Evan Rodrigues has 48 shots on goal. Defensively, the Colorado Avalanche are allowing 2.5 goals per game and are killing 75 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Alexandar Georgiev has allowed 29 goals on 409 shots faced, and Pavel Francouz has given up 12 goals on 161 shots.

The Canucks are 3-11 in their last 14 road games and 6-14 in their last 20 overall. The Avalanche are 63-17 in their last 80 home games and 79-30 in their last 109 overall. The over is 37-17-2 in Canucks last 56 overall. The under is 5-0 in Avalanche last 5 overall. The Canucks are 30-14 in the last 44 meetings. The under is 5-1-2 in the last 8 meetings in Colorado.

The Vancouver Canucks have been absolutely terrible on the road this season, and this isn’t a spot where things turn around. The Colorado Avalanche have been ridiculously good on their home ice dating back to last season, and they’re starting to play at the level they were at last year overall. Only one direction for me to go here, and that’s to side with the Avs and the PL for max betting value.