Avalanche at Penguins Prediction
The Colorado Avalanche will play the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Avalanche Preview
The Colorado Avalanche are 27-18-3 this season after they defeated the St. Louis Blues by a score of 4-2 in their last game. Colorado out shot St. Louis by a total of 31-28 and won 54.2% of the faceoffs in the game. The Colorado Avalanche are averaging 3.06 goals per game, 2.73 goals against per game, 24.5% on the power play, and 76.8% on the penalty kill. Mikko Rantanen has led the Avalanche with 34 goals, 27 assists, and 180 shots on goal this season. The projected starting goalie for Colorado is Alexandar Georgiev, who is 20-11-3 this season with a 2.60 goals against average and a .920 save percentage.
Penguins Preview
The Pittsburgh Penguins are 24-16-9 this season after they lost to the San Jose Sharks by a score of 6-4 in their last game. Pittsburgh out shot San Jose by a total of 41-32 and went 2-4 on the power play in the game. The Pittsburgh Penguins are averaging 3.27 goals per game, 3.10 goals against per game, 22.7% on the power play, and 81.1% on the penalty kill. Sidney Crosby has led the Penguins with 24 goals, 36 assists, and 137 shots on goal this season. The projected starting goalie for Pittsburgh is Casey DeSmith, who is 7-10-4 this season with a 3.35 goals against average and a .901 save percentage.
Trends
Colorado is 10-3 in their last 13 Tuesday games and 39-19 in their last 58 road games. The under is 4-1-1 in Colorado’s last 6 games. Pittsburgh is 4-1 in their last 5 Tuesday games and 5-12 in their last 17 games. The over is 6-2-1 in Pittsburgh’s last 9 home games. The home team is 5-2 in these two teams last 7 head to head meetings.
Pick
Both of these teams have had some struggles this season, but this should be a great game to watch. Colorado is playing much better now that they are healthy and they have won four of their last five games. Pittsburgh has lost three of their last four games, but they are 14-6-4 at home this season. I am going to go with Colorado in this game, as they have been the better team recently.
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