Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche Prediction 4-4-24 Picks

The Colorado Avalanche and Minnesota Wild meet Thursday in NHL action at the Xcel Energy Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Avalanche vs Wild prediction.

Colorado Avalanche Betting Preview

The Colorado Avalanche recently beat the Predators while losing to the Blue Jackets and Rangers. The Colorado Avalanche are averaging 3.71 goals per game and are scoring on 24.5 percent of their power play opportunities. Nathan MacKinnon leads Colorado with 47 goals, Cale Maker has 62 assists and Mikko Rantanen has 253 shots on goal. Defensively, the Colorado Avalanche are allowing 2.97 goals per game and are killing 82.4 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Alexandar Georgiev has allowed 161 goals on 1,620 shots faced, while Justus Annunen has given up 24 goals on 331 shots.

Minnesota Wild Betting Preview

The Minnesota Wild recently lost to the Golden Knights while beating the Sharks and Senators. The Minnesota Wild are averaging 3.03 goals per game and are scoring on 21.1 percent of their power play opportunities. Kirill Kaprizov leads Minnesota with 37 goals, Mats Zuccarello has 45 assists and Joel Eriksson Ek has 240 shots on goal. Defensively, the Minnesota Wild are allowing 3.14 goals per game and are killing 74.3 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Filip Gustavsson has allowed 119 goals on 1,192 shots faced, and Marc-Andre Fleury has given up 97 goals on 975 shots.

Minnesota Wild Team Facts

• The Wild have won each of their last five night games at Xcel Energy Center.
• The Wild have covered the puck line in each of their last eight games as home underdogs following a home win.
• The Wild have won the first period in seven of their last eight night games at Xcel Energy Center.
• The ‘Over 2.5 Goals Period 1’ market has hit in four of the Wild’s last six games as underdogs.

Colorado Avalanche Team Facts

• The Avalanche have won nine of their last 10 games against Central Division opponents.
• The underdogs have covered the puck line in 12 of the Avalanche’s last 15 games at Xcel Energy Center.
• The ‘Over 1.5 Goals Period 1’ market has hit in each of the Avalanche’s last 12 games following a road loss.
• The favorites have won the third period in each of the Avalanche’s last five games at Xcel Energy Center.

Avalanche vs Wild prediction

The Wild are still fighting for their playoff lives, but that hasn’t stopped them from racking up the losses these last couple of weeks. The Avalanche remain one of the more trustworthy teams in the NHL, and they still have a chance at a central division title. The Avs have won 4 of the last 5 games against the Wild, which includes an overtime win about a month ago. While the Wild still have motivation, it’s kind of surprising to see a line this soft. The Avs are comfortably the better team and have owned the recent H2H. I’ll lay the juice with the Avalanche on the road.