Avalanche vs Canucks Prediction NHL Picks 3/13/24

Vancouver Canucks (42-17-7) vs Colorado Avalanche (41-20-5)

Game Info: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at 10:30 pm (Rogers Arena)

Betting Odds: Vancouver Canucks -111 / Colorado Avalanche -111 --- Over/Under: 6.5

The Colorado Avalanche and Vancouver Canucks meet Wednesday in NHL action at the Rogers Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Colorado Avalanche vs Vancouver Canucks prediction.

Colorado Avalanche Betting Preview

The Colorado Avalanche recently beat the Blackhawks, Red Wings, Wild and Flames. The Colorado Avalanche are averaging 3.68 goals per game and are scoring on 24.5 percent of their power play opportunities. Nathan MacKinnon leads Colorado with 40 goals, Cale Maker has 53 assists and Mikko Rantanen has 218 shots on goal. Defensively, the Colorado Avalanche are allowing 3.02 goals per game and are killing 80.8 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Alexandar Georgiev has allowed 145 goals on 1,469 shots faced, while Justus Annunen has given up 14 goals on 198 shots.

Vancouver Canucks Betting Preview

The Vancouver Canucks recently beat the Kings, Golden Knights and Jets. The Vancouver Canucks are averaging 3.55 goals per game and are scoring on 23 percent of their power play opportunities. Brock Boeser leads Vancouver with 35 goals, Quinn Hughes has 63 assists and Elias Pettersson has 175 shots on goal. Defensively, the Vancouver Canucks are allowing 2.67 goals per game and are killing 79.1 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Thatcher Demko has given up 119 goals on 1,427 shots faced, and Casey DeSmith has allowed 51 goals on 499 shots.

Vancouver Canucks Player Prop Facts

• J.T. Miller has scored at least one goal in each of the Canucks' last three games against Central Division opponents.
• Quinn Hughes has recorded at least one assist in each of the Canucks' last seven Wednesday games.
• J.T. Miller has recorded at least one point in each of the Canucks' last eight games as favorites.
• Elias Pettersson ranks T1st in the league for Game Winning Goals (9) this season.

Colorado Avalanche Player Prop Facts

• Valeri Nichushkin has scored at least one goal in each of his last four appearances against Pacific Division opponents.
• Nathan MacKinnon has recorded at least one assist in each of the Avalanche's last 15 games against Pacific Division opponents.
• Cale Makar has recorded at least one point in each of his last nine appearances on the second leg of a back-to-back.
• Nathan MacKinnon ranks 1st in the league for Points (113) this season.

Matchup/League Facts

• The Vancouver Canucks are the only team in the league to rank top 5 for both goals for and goals against per game this season.
• The Vancouver Canucks rank 3rd in the league for goals per game this season (3.55).
• The Colorado Avalanche rank 1st in the league for goals per game this season (3.71).
• The Colorado Avalanche rank 7th in the league in power play percentage this season (24.46%).

Colorado Avalanche vs Vancouver Canucks prediction

The Colorado Avalanche and cheap prices are always intriguing, and they've won the last 3 games against the Canucks. None of those games were close. However, the Avs are on the end of a back to back and playing a Canucks team that's great on their home ice. The Vancouver Canucks are 21-6-3 at home this season. The Canucks have also broken out of their funk with 4 straight wins, and that includes a 5-0 win over the Jets. Give me the rested home team in the Canucks.

The pick in this article is the opinion of the writer, not a PickDawgz site consensus.