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Colorado Avalanche vs Minnesota Wild NHL Picks, Odds, Predictions 10/30/21

Minnesota Wild (5-2) vs. Colorado Avalanche (3-4)
October 30, 2021 9:00 pm EDT
The Line: Colorado Avalanche -161 / Minnesota Wild +140; Over/Under: -6
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The Minnesota Wild and Colorado Avalanche meet Saturday in NHL action at the Ball Arena. The Minnesota Wild look for a win to build on their 5-2 record. The Colorado Avalanche need a win after losing four of their last six games.

The Minnesota Wild are averaging three goals per game and are scoring on 16.7 percent of their power play opportunities. Joel Ericsson Ek leads Minnesota with three goals, Kirill Kaprizov has six assists and Matt Dumba has 24 shots on goal. Defensively, the Minnesota Wild are allowing 3.14 goals per game and are killing 73.3 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Cam Talbot has allowed 15 goals on 174 shots faced, and Kaapo Kahkonen has allowed five goals on 29 shots.

The Colorado Avalanche are averaging 2.71 goals per game and are scoring on 11.1 percent of their power play opportunities. JT Compher leads Colorado with four goals, Nathan MacKinnon has six assists and Nazem Kadri has 20 shots on goal. Defensively, the Colorado Avalanche are allowing 3.71 goals per game and are killing 85 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Darcy Kuemper has allowed 19 goals on 178 shots faced, and Jonas Johansson has allowed three goals on 37 shots.

The Wild are 6-1 in their last 7 Saturday games and 5-2 in their last 7 overall. The Avalanche are 39-17 in their last 56 home games and 35-16 in their last 51 overall. The under is 4-0 in Wild last 4 road games. The over is 5-2-1 in Avalanche last 8 overall. The Wild are 3-7 in the last 10 meetings in Colorado.

The Colorado Avalanche are the better team on paper and should be favored at home, but we’re getting big plus money with the Wild here, a team that’s playing the better hockey this season and has an edge defensively. The Wild have also beaten up on teams with losing records dating back to last season. Give me the Wild.

Randy Chambers's Free Pick: Minnesota Wild +140

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