Flames at Avalanche Prediction
The Calgary Flames will play the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado.
Flames Preview
The Calgary Flames are 27-20-12 this season after they lost to the Vegas Golden Knights by a score of 4-3 in overtime. Calgary was out shot by a total of 29-28 and went 1-4 on the power play in the loss. The Calgary Flames are averaging 3.17 goals per game, 3.05 goals against per game, 20.2% on the power play, and 81% on the penalty kill. Tyler Toffoli has led the Flames with 24 goals, 27 assists, and 184 shots on goal this season. The projected starting goalie for Calgary is Jacob Markstrom, who is 15-14-7 this season with a 2.93 goals against average and a .889 save percentage.
Avalanche Preview
The Colorado Avalanche are 32-19-5 this season after they defeated the Winnipeg Jets by a score of 5-1 in their last game. Colorado out shot Winnipeg by a total of 36-27 and went 0-3 on the power play in the game. The Colorado Avalanche are averaging 3.07 goals per game, 2.76 goals against per game, 23.5% on the power play, and 77.5% on the penalty kill. Nathan MacKinnon has led the Avalanche with 19 goals, 48 assists, and 236 shots on goal this season. The projected starting goalie for Colorado is Alexandar Georgiev, who is 23-12-4 this season with a 2.72 goals against average and a .918 save percentage.
Trends
Calgary is 3-7 in their last 10 games against the Central and 35-17 in their last 52 Saturday games. The over is 6-1 in Calgary’s last 7 games. Colorado is 19-7 in their last 26 games played on no rest and 41-19 in their last 60 games against the Pacific. The over is 3-0-1 in Colorado’s last 4 home games. The underdog is 9-3 in these two teams last 12 head to head meetings.
Pick
Colorado comes into this game on a four game winning streak, but will be on the second game of a back to back. Calgary has alternated losses and wins over their last five games and is 12-9-10 on the road this year. Colorado is playing some of their best hockey of the year right now and I can’t go against them here. Take the Avs to get the win.
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