The Colorado Avalanche and the Ottawa Senators meet in NHL action from the Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
Colorado is listed as a -160 road favorite while Ottawa is a +140 home underdog. The total for this game is set at 6.5 goals.
Injuries
For Colorado, Kurtis MacDermid is questionable with a lower body injury while Artturi Lehkonen, Gabriel Landeskog, Darren Helm, Pavel Francouz and Josh Manson are all out. For Ottawa, Thomas Chabot, Mathieu Joseph and Parker Kelly are all questionable for this game.
Matchup History
Colorado’s 7-0 win over Ottawa back on January 14th, 2023, made it four straight wins for the home team and 7 wins in the last 8 head-to-head meetings.
Trends
Colorado is 5-1 in their last 6 road games and 19-7 in their last 26 games played on no rest while the over is 7-1 in their last 8 games against the Atlantic division. Ottawa is 4-0 in their last 4 home games and 1-4 in their last 5 games overall while the over is 8-2 in their last 10 games overall.
Pick
I’m backing the over here. I just don’t trust the goaltending on either side right now, as Colorado’s likely turning to a backup goaltender here and Ottawa’s goaltending has been shaky lately to put it nicely. I think we’re heading for an 8 or 9 goal game at the very least so give me the over here.