Colorado Avalanche vs. Minnesota Wild odds, tips and betting trends
The Colorado Avalanche (12-6) and their No. 3 scoring offense (averaging 3.83 goals per game) visit the Minnesota Wild (5-8-4) on Friday at 8:30 PM ET on TNT and Max. The Wild concede 4.00 goals per game, which ranks 30th in NHL action.
Colorado earned a 5-2 victory at home its last time out on November 22 against the Vancouver Canucks.
Minnesota’s most recent game was a home overtime loss, 4-3, against the Toronto Maple Leafs on November 19.
Here’s what you need to prepare for Friday’s action.
- Favorite: Avalanche (-135)
- Underdog: Wild (+112)
- Colorado has won 11 of the 17 games it’s played as the moneyline favorite this season.
- In 15 games with shorter than -135 moneyline odds this season, the Avalanche have been victorious in 10.
- Colorado has a 57.4% chance of winning this game, per the moneyline odds.
- In the last 10 games, the Avalanche have earned 80.0% of the possible points with a 6-4-0 record.
- They have put up 42 goals during that time.
- Over on the defensive end, the Avalanche have allowed 35 goals (3.5 per game) over those 10 outings.
- The Wild have claimed an upset victory in one of the nine games they have played as an underdog this season.
- Minnesota has yet to win as the underdog with odds of +112 or longer on the moneyline this season in three such games.
- The Wild have a 47.2% chance to win this game (implied from the moneyline).
- In the past 10 games, the Wild have gone 2-5-3 (45.0% of possible points).
- They are scoring at a 2.6 goals-per-game average (26 total) over that time.
- On the defensive end, the Wild have given up 36 goals (3.6 per game) in those 10 matchups.
