Avalanche vs Flames Prediction NHL Picks 3/12/24

Calgary Flames (31-28-5) vs Colorado Avalanche (40-20-5)

Game Info: Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at 9:30 pm (Scotiabank Saddledome)

Betting Odds: Calgary Flames -111 / Colorado Avalanche -111 --- Over/Under: 6.5

The Colorado Avalanche and Calgary Flames meet Tuesday in NHL action at the Scotiabank Saddledome. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Colorado Avalanche vs Calgary Flames prediction.

Colorado Avalanche Betting Preview

The Colorado Avalanche recently beat the Blackhawks, Red Wings and Wild. 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.

Calgary Flames Betting Preview

The Calgary Flames recently beat the Lightning while losing to the Panthers and Hurricanes. The Calgary Flames are averaging 3.13 goals per game and are scoring on 14.4 percent of their power play opportunities. Yegor Sharangovich leads Calgary with 27 goals, Nazem Kadri has 33 assists and Mikael Backlund has 176 shots on goal. Defensively, the Calgary Flames are allowing 3.16 goals per game and are killing 83.8 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Jacob Markstrom has allowed 108 goals on 1,194 shots faced, and Dan Vladar has given up 62 goals on 539 shots.

Calgary Flames Player Prop Facts

• Blake Coleman has scored a goal in each of the Flames' last four games as underdogs against Central Division opponents.
• Nazem Kadri has recorded at least one assist in seven of the Flames' last eight home games against Central Division opponents.
• Blake Coleman has recorded at least one point in each of the Flames' last 10 games as underdogs against Western Conference opponents.
• Yegor Sharangovich ranks T1st in the Western Conference for shootout goals (3) this season.

Colorado Avalanche Player Prop Facts

• Nathan MacKinnon has scored at least one goal in each of the Avalanche's last six games as favorites against the Flames.
• Valeri Nichushkin has recorded at least one point in nine of his last 10 appearances with the Avalanche as favorites against Pacific Division opponents.
• Nathan MacKinnon has recorded at least one assist in each of the Avalanche's last 14 games against Pacific Division opponents.
• Nathan MacKinnon ranks 1st in the league for Points (111) this season.

Matchup/League Facts

• The Calgary Flames rank 30th in the league in power play percentage this season (14.43%).
• The Calgary Flames rank 4th in the league in penalty kill percentage this season (83.77%).
• The Colorado Avalanche rank 1st in the league for goals per game this season (3.68).
• The Colorado Avalanche rank 7th in the league in power play percentage this season (24.45%).

Colorado Avalanche vs Calgary Flames prediction

The Calgary Flames and plus money is appealing when you consider they're a hot team right now, and they need to keep winning to keep their slim playoff hopes alive. With that said, that's probably not enough here. The Colorado Avalanche have been the better team, they're starting to find their stride, and they've won 5 straight games against the Flames. The Avs outscored the Flames 17-8 in those five wins. I'd need more bang for my buck to pull the trigger with the Flames. Give me the Avs and the reasonable juice. 

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