Nashville Predators vs Colorado Avalanche Prediction, Pick and Preview, April 28 (4/28): NHL

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Odds:

Time	9:00 p.m. EST
Predators money line	+190
Predators spread	+1.5 (-137)
Avalanche money line	-238
Avalanche spread	-1.5 (+111)
Over / under	6.5

 

2021-2022 season stats

	Nashville Predators	Colorado Avalanche
Record	44-29-7	56-18-6
Road / home record	19-15-5	32-5-3
Streak	L3	W1
Goals per game	3.18	3.77
Goals allowed per game	3.01	2.80
Shots per game	29.6	35.0
Shots allowed per game	32.2	32.1
PP %	24.6%	24.8%
PK %	21.09%	20.70%
Over / under record	47-33	42-33-5

 

Preview

The Nashville Predators hit the road and will visit the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night. This is the fourth time these teams face off this season, the predators have the lead 2-1. Both teams have clinched the playoff berth but the Avalanche clinched the Best Record in Conference.

Nashville Predators

The Predators have lost 4 of their last 5 games and are 19-20 on the road this season with a 44-29-7 record overall and rank 4th in the Central division. The Predators are 15-7-2 against the rest of their division. Nashville averages 4.8 penalties per game, the most in the league. Tanner Jeannot leads the team with 40 total penalties.

Josi leads the Predators with 71 total assists and has 93 points. Matt Duchene has five goals over the last 10 games for Nashville.

In their last 10 games the Predators are 3-7, averaging 2.3 goals, 4.1 assists, 4.7 penalties and 12.5 penalty minutes while allowing 3.8 goals per game with an .881 save percentage.

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado have also lost 4 of their last 5 games but are 32-8 at home so far this season. They have 56-18-6 overall record ranking 1st in the Central Division. The Avalanche are 34-10-4 in conference games. Colorado averages 8.8 penalty minutes per game, the ninth-most in the Western Conference. Gabriel Landeskog leads the team serving 78 total minutes.

Mikko Rantanen leads the Avalanche with 36 goals, adding 55 assists and totaling 91 points. Nathan MacKinnon has 14 points over the last 10 games for Colorado.

In their last 10 games the Avalanche are 6-4, averaging 3.8 goals, 6.7 assists, 2.5 penalties and five penalty minutes while giving up 3.1 goals per game with a .910 save percentage.

BETTING TRENDS

Nashville are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games.

Nashville are 2-4 SU in their last 6 games against Colorado.

Colorado are 7-1 SU in their last 8 games at home.

Colorado are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games at home.

Prediction

The Colorado Avalanche were on a 4 game losing streak before beating the Blues 5-3. The team relaxed a bit after clinched the best record in the conference, now it's time to heat up. The Predators are allowing 3.8 goals per game so the Avs shouldn't have any issues to score 4 or 5 goals at home. All of the 3 head to head games this season went over the total so I expect another high scoring game but the play with the better value is Colorado -1.5.

PICK: Avalanche -1.5 (+111)

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