NHL Predictions & Odds 3/5/23

Seattle Kraken (35-21-6) vs. Colorado Avalanche (34-21-5)
March 5, 2023 9:00 pm EDT
The Line: Colorado Avalanche -161 / Seattle Kraken +130; Over/Under: +6
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The Seattle Kraken and Colorado Avalanche meet Sunday in NHL action at the Ball Arena. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.

The Seattle Kraken are averaging 3.5 goals per game and are scoring on 19.8 percent of their power play opportunities. Jared McCann leads Seattle with 30 goals, Jordan Eberle has 36 assists, and Oliver Bjorkstrand has 154 shots on goal. Defensively, the Seattle Kraken are allowing 3.2 goals per game and are killing 73.9 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Philipp Grubauer has given up 69 goals on 656 shots faced, and Martin Jones has allowed 114 goals on 1,020 shots.

The Colorado Avalanche are averaging 3.1 goals per game and are scoring on 23 percent of their power play opportunities. Mikko Rantanen leads Colorado with 41 goals, Nathan MacKinnon has 49 assists and Evan Rodrigues has 146 shots on goal. Defensively, the Colorado Avalanche are allowing 2.7 goals per game and are killing 77.8 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Alexandar Georgiev has allowed 108 goals on 1,365 shots faced, and Pavel Francouz has given up 38 goals on 470 shots.

The Kraken are 2-5 in their last 7 vs. Western Conference and 5-1 in their last 6 Sunday games. The Avalanche are 75-28 in their last 103 home games and 20-7 in their last 27 games playing on 0 days rest. The under is 7-3 in Kraken last 10 vs. Central. The under is 29-14-4 in Avalanche last 47 overall.

The Seattle Kraken have strung together 3 straight wins, but all of those victories came against below average teams. The Colorado Avalanche have been a buzz saw at home dating back to last season, and they’ve been money playing on the end of back to backs. Hard not to side with the Avs here on their home ice.