Coyotes vs Avalanche Pick – NHL Predictions & Odds 3/26/23

The Colorado Avalanche and Arizona Coyotes meet Sunday in NHL action at the Mullett Arena. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.

The Colorado Avalanche are averaging 3.3 goals per game and are scoring on 24.9 percent of their power play opportunities. Mikko Rantanen leads Colorado with 47 goals, Nathan MacKinnon has 62 assists and Evan Rodrigues has 168 shots on goal. Defensively, the Colorado Avalanche are allowing 2.8 goals per game and are killing 78.8 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Alexandar Georgiev has allowed 133 goals on 1,642 shots faced, and Pavel Francouz has given up 38 goals on 470 shots.

The Arizona Coyotes are averaging 2.8 goals per game and are scoring on 19.5 percent of their power play opportunities. Clayton Keller leads Arizona with 35 goals, Matias Maccell has 33 assists and Barrett Hayton has 158 shots on goal. Defensively, the Arizona Coyotes are allowing 3.4 goals per game and are killing 76.3 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Karel Vejmelka has given up 150 goals on 1,554 shots faced, and Connor Ingram has allowed 86 goals on 928 shots.

The Avalanche are 47-22 in their last 69 road games and 146-70 in their last 216 overall. The Coyotes are 6-0 in their last 6 home games and 5-2 in their last 7 games playing on 1 days rest. The under is 20-8-4 in Avalanche last 32 road games. The under is 3-0-2 in Coyotes last 5 overall. The Avalanche are 12-5 in the last 17 meetings. The favorite is 40-19 in the last 59 meetings. The home team is 4-0 in the last 4 meetings.

The Colorado Avalanche are the better team, obviously, and should be favored, and they’ve played some of their best hockey on the road. With that said, the Arizona Coyotes have quietly won 6 straight home games, and it’s the home team that’s had success recently in this series. We’re getting over 3 times our money. I’ll take a shot in the dark with the Coyotes.