The Colorado Avalanche and Columbus Blue Jackets meet Monday in NHL action at the Nationwide Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Avalanche vs Blue Jackets prediction.
Colorado Avalanche Betting Preview
The Colorado Avalanche recently beat the Predators while losing to the Canadiens and Rangers. The Colorado Avalanche are averaging 3.74 goals per game and are scoring on 24.9 percent of their power play opportunities. Nathan MacKinnon leads Colorado with 47 goals, Cale Maker has 62 assists and Mikko Rantanen has 247 shots on goal. Defensively, the Colorado Avalanche are allowing 2.96 goals per game and are killing 82.3 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Alexandar Georgiev has allowed 161 goals on 1,620 shots faced, while Justus Annunen has given up 21 goals on 307 shots.
Columbus Blue Jackets Betting Preview
The Columbus Blue Jackets recently lost to the Golden Knights and Coyotes, while splitting 2 games with the Penguins. The Columbus Blue Jackets are averaging 2.84 goals per game and are scoring on 14.6 percent of their power play opportunities. Boone Jenner leads Columbus with 22 goals, Johnny Gaudreau has 44 assists and Kirill Marchenko has 173 shots on goal. Defensively, the Columbus Blue Jackets are allowing 3.65 goals per game and are killing 76.3 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Daniil Tarasov has allowed 70 goals on 735 shots faced, and Elvis Merzlikins has given up 130 goals on 1,266 shots. The Blue Jackets will face the Islanders after this game.
Columbus Blue Jackets Team Facts
- The Blue Jackets have lost each of their last nine games following a home win.
- The Blue Jackets have failed to cover the puck line in seven of their last eight night games at Nationwide Arena following a home win.
- The favorites have won the second period in seven of the Blue Jackets’ last eight games.
- The ‘Over 1.5 Goals Period 2′ market has hit in each of the Blue Jackets’ last eight games.
Colorado Avalanche Team Facts
- The Avalanche have won eight of their last nine games following a win.
- The underdogs have covered the puck line in five of the Avalanche’s last six games at Nationwide Arena.
- The Avalanche have won the second period in eight of their last nine games against the Blue Jackets following a win.
- The ‘Over 1.5 Goals Period 1’ market has hit in each of the Avalanche’s last four games as favorites against the Blue Jackets.
Avalanche vs Blue Jackets prediction
The Blue Jackets have nothing to play for, and they’re playing like it as they’re getting blasted on the defensive end and are racking up the losses. The Avs are fighting for a potential division title, and they’ve beaten the Blue Jackets in three straight games. In those victories, the Avalanche outscored the Blue Jackets 17-5. There’s really not many options in this game. Give me the Avs and the PL for max betting value.