The Vancouver Canucks and Colorado Avalanche meet Wednesday in NHL action at the Ball Arena. Here’s an Avalanche vs. Canucks Prediction. This article will include an Avalanche vs. Canucks Pick.
Vancouver Canucks Betting Preview
The Vancouver Canucks lost to the Golden Knights and Flames and play the Wild next. The Canucks have lost 6 straight games.
The Vancouver Canucks are averaging 2.49 goals per game and are scoring 19.7 percent of their power-play opportunities. Brock Boeser leads Vancouver with 18 goals, Filip Hronek has 34 assists, and Jake DeBrusk has 186 shots on goal. Defensively, the Vancouver Canucks are allowing 3.77 goals per game and are killing 71 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Thatcher Demko has given up 54 goals on 514 shots faced, while Kevin Lankinen has allowed 142 goals on 1,154 shots.
Colorado Avalanche Betting Preview
The Colorado Avalanche lost to the Jets, beat the Flames and will play the Stars next. The Avalanche have won 5 of their last 6 games.
The Colorado Avalanche are averaging 3.75 goals per game and are scoring on 18.1 percent of their power play opportunities. Nathan MacKinnon leads Colorado with 49 goals, Martin Necas has 57 assists, and Cale Makar has 192 shots on goal. Defensively, the Colorado Avalanche are allowing 2.45 goals per game and are killing 83.7 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Scott Wedgewood has given up 83 goals on 998 shots faced, and Mackenzie Blackwood has allowed 76 goals on 796 shots.
Why the Colorado Avalanche will win
- The Canucks have lost each of their last 16 games following a road loss.
- The Avalanche have won 10 of their last 11 home games against opponents on a losing streak.
- The Canucks have failed to cover the puck line in each of their last six games.
- The favorites have covered the puck line in seven of the Canucks’ last eight games.
- The Canucks have lost the second period in each of their last 10 games against Western Conference opponents.
Why the Vancouver Canucks will win
- The Avalanche have lost each of their last six night games at Ball Arena following a win.
- The underdogs have won four of the Avalanche’s last five games at Ball Arena.
- The Avalanche have failed to cover the puck line in each of their last seven home games following a win.
- The underdogs have covered the puck line in five of the last six games between the Canucks and Avalanche.
- The Avalanche have lost the second period in five of their last six night games following a home win.
Total Goals Facts
- Each of the Avalanche’s last seven games against opponents on a losing streak has gone UNDER the total goals line.
- Twelve of the Canucks’ last 15 games as underdogs following a road loss have gone UNDER the total goals line.
- The ‘Over 1.5 Goals Period 1’ market has hit in 11 of the Avalanche’s last 12 night games.
- The ‘Over 1.5 Goals Period 2′ market has hit in each of the Canucks’ last seven games.
Colorado Avalanche Player Prop Facts
- Martin Necas has scored at least one goal in seven of his last eight appearances against Pacific Division opponents.
- Brock Nelson has recorded at least one assist in each of the Avalanche’s last four games against Pacific Division opponents.
- Nathan MacKinnon ranks 1st in the league for Goals (49) this season.
Vancouver Canucks Player Prop Facts
- Jake DeBrusk has scored a goal in three of the Canucks’ last four games against the Avalanche.
- Elias Pettersson has recorded at least one assist in four of the Canucks’ last five games.
- Jake DeBrusk has recorded at least four shots in each of his last zero appearances—the [longest/equal-longest] active streak in the league.
Matchup/League Facts
- The Colorado Avalanche rank 1st in the league for goals per game this season (3.75).
- The Colorado Avalanche rank 1st in the league for goals against per game this season (2.45).
- The Vancouver Canucks rank 32nd in the league for goals per game this season (2.49).
- The Vancouver Canucks rank 32nd in the league for goals against per game this season (3.77).
Avalanche vs Canucks Prediction
These prices with the Avalanche can simply get out of hand and it makes you want to look the other way. However, we’ve been fading the Canucks all season and it continues to produce. The Canucks are head and shoulders the worst team in the league and no team has lost more money for NHL bettors than them this season. Throw in the Avs’ consistency and how dominant they’ve been at home; this game has a chance to be a crime scene. Give me the Avs but I’d back them on an alternate line to make the bet worth it.