Colorado Avalanche vs Vegas Golden Knights NHL Picks, Odds, Predictions 10/26/21

The Vegas Golden Knights and Colorado Avalanche meet Tuesday in NHL action at the Ball Arena. The Vegas Golden Knights need a win here to snap a four-game losing streak. The Colorado Avalanche look for a win to build on their 2-3 start.

The Vegas Golden Knights are averaging two goals per game and are scoring on zero percent of their power play opportunities. Max Pacioretty leads Vegas with two goals, Mark Stone has three assists and Reilly Smith has 18 shots on goal. Defensively, the Vegas Golden Knights are allowing 3.8 goals per game and are killing 76.9 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Robin Lehner has given up 15 goals on 157 shots faced, and Laurent Brossoit has allowed two goals on 16 shots.

The Colorado Avalanche are averaging 2.8 goals per game and are scoring on 10 percent of their power play opportunities. Mikko Rantanen leads Colorado with three goals, Nathan MacKinnon has four assists and Mikko Rantanen has 19 shots on goal. Defensively, the Colorado Avalanche are allowing four goals per game and are killing 81.3 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Darcy Kuemper has allowed 14 goals on 132 shots faced, and Jonas Johansson has allowed three goals on 37 shots.

The Golden Knights are 2-6 in their last 8 road games and 0-4 in their last 4 overall. The Avalanche are 37-14 in their last 51 games as a favorite and 36-16 in their last 52 overall. The under is 3-1-2 in Golden Knights last 6 road games. The over is 4-1-1 in Avalanche last 6 overall. The favorite is 6-2 in the last 8 meetings.

The Vegas Golden Knights aren’t off to the best of starts, and playing on the road doesn’t make getting out of these funks any easier. However, what we’re not going to do is write off the Golden Knights like their season is finished. Getting Vegas at these prices is hard to turn down. It also doesn’t hurt that the Golden Knights have won four straight meetings against the Avalanche. Give me the plus money.