Seattle Kraken vs Colorado Avalanche NHL Picks, Best Bets and Odds 11/19/2021

The Colorado Avalanche and the Seattle Kraken meet in NHL action from Climate Pledge Arena on Friday night.

The Colorado Avalanche will be looking to add to a 4-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks from their last outing. Nazem Kadri leads the Avs in scoring with 17 points including a team-high 12 assists while Gabriel Landeskog and Mikko Rantanen each have a team-high 6 goals with Landeskog logging 8 assists while Rantanen has 5 helpers. Landeskog also has a team-best +8 plus/minus rating as well this season. Darcy Kuemper’s made the bulk of Colorado’s starts in goal, going 7-4 with a 2.56 GAA and a .916 save percentage this season.

The Seattle Kraken will be out to snap a five-game losing skid after a 4-2 loss to Chicago last time out. Jordan Eberle has 13 points with a team-high 8 goals along with 5 assists while Jaden Schwartz and Alex Wennberg each have a team-high 9 assists this season. Jared McCann and Brandon Tanev each have 6 goals as well for the Kraken this season with McCann logging 3 power play goals. Philipp Grubauer has seen the majority of the action between the pipes for Seattle, going 4-8-1 with a 3.18 GAA and an .877 save percentage this season.

Colorado is 5-1 in their last 6 games against the Pacific division and 39-17 in their last 56 games overall while the over is 4-0-1 in their last 5 games overall. Seattle is 1-4 in their last 5 home games and 0-5 in their last 5 games overall while the over is 6-2-1 in their last 9 games as an underdog.

I’m not running to the window to bet this one, but if forced to pick, I have to side with the Avs here. I just don’t want anything to do with the Kraken right now as they’re looking more and more like an expansion team with each game and not the kind of expansion team that Vegas was a few years back. Colorado has done a good job beating up on the lesser teams this season and I think this game is no different. Give me Colorado here.