Ducks vs Avalanche Pick – NHL Predictions & Odds 3/27/23

The Colorado Avalanche and Anaheim Ducks meet Monday in NHL action at the 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 25.4 percent of their power play opportunities. Mikko Rantanen leads Colorado with 48 goals, Nathan MacKinnon has 62 assists and Evan Rodrigues has 168 shots on goal. Defensively, the Colorado Avalanche are allowing 2.7 goals per game and are killing 78.9 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Alexandar Georgiev has allowed 136 goals on 1,672 shots faced, and Pavel Francouz has given up 38 goals on 470 shots.

The Anaheim Ducks are averaging 2.5 goals per game and are scoring on 16.5 percent of their power play opportunities. Trevor Zegras leads Anaheim with 22 goals, Troy Terry has 35 assists and Frank Vatrano has 201 shots on goal. Defensively, the Anaheim Ducks are allowing 4 goals per game and are killing 72.6 percent of their opponent’s power plays. John Gibson has given up 186 goals on 1,868 shots faced, and Anthony Stolarz has allowed 51 goals on 494 shots.

The Avalanche are 47-22 in their last 69 road games and 146-70 in their last 216 overall. The Ducks are 15-36 in their last 51 home games and 27-70 in their last 97 overall. The under is 20-8-4 in Avalanche last 32 road games. The under is 4-1-2 in Ducks last 7 Monday games. The Avalanche are 5-1 in the last 6 meetings in Anaheim and 7-1 in the last 8 meetings. The favorite is 39-18 in the last 57 meetings.

The Colorado Avalanche are on the end of a back to back and on the road, but these are spots they’ve had no trouble with in the past. The Anaheim Ducks are just a god awful team that can’t be trusted against quality teams, and playing at home doesn’t help much. The only option for me is to side with the Avs and the PL for max betting value.