The Colorado Avalanche, led by Mikko Rantanen and Nathan MacKinnon, are ready to take the ice against Ryan Johansen, Filip Forsberg, and the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena for a Central Division showdown. The action gets started at 8 p.m. ET on Tuesday, November 27 and it can be seen live on Altitude 2.
Colorado Avalanche at Nashville Predators Odds
Playing the role of favorites will be the Predators (-160), while the Avalanche are showing moneyline odds of +140,, and the oddsmakers have put the Over/Under (O/U) at 6 goals (-105 for the over, -115 for the under).
Nashville is 17-7 straight up (SU) and has earned 6.6 units for moneyline bettors this year. That winning percentage, strongest in the NHL so far in this young season, is fairly close to what the team managed during last year’s regular season (53-29). Of the team’s 24 regular season contests, 12 have gone under the total, while 11 have gone over and just one has pushed. The team’s 9-3 SU at home this season.
The Predators have converted on just 16.3 percent of their power play opportunities this season, a mark that’s ranked 25th overall in the NHL. On the other hand, their penalty kill is ranked eighth overall, and they’ve successfully killed off 82.1 percent of all penalties.
Averaging 26.0 saves per game with a .942 save percentage, Pekka Rinne (11-4-1) has been the primary option in goal for Nashville this year. If head coach Peter Laviolette chooses to give him the evening off, however, Nashville may roll with Juuse Saros (7-4-4 record, .891 save percentage, 3.29 goals against average).
Over on the visiting bench, Colorado is 13-10 straight up (SU) and has earned 2.0 units for moneyline bettors this season. Through 23 regular season matches, 12 of its games have gone over the total, while 11 have gone under the total and none have pushed. The Avalanche are 8-6 SU as the visiting team this season.
The Avalanche currently tout the third-strongest power-play unit in the NHL, as they’ve found the net on 30.4 percent of their extra-man opportunities in the 2018-19 season. On the other hand, its penalty kill unit is ranked 15th overall and it’s successfully defended 80.5 percent of all opponent power plays.
Semyon Varlamov (2.34 goals against average and .926 save percentage) has been the primary option in goal for Colorado. Varlamov is averaging 29.0 saves per game and has eight wins, seven losses, and two OT losses to his credit.
Colorado Avalanche vs. Nashville Predators Betting Picks
Prediction: SU Winner – Predators, O/U – Over
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Notes
Betting Trends
For both of these clubs, the over has hit in three of their past five matches.
Over Colorado’s last ten games, six of them have been decided by two or more goals (the team is 4-2 in those games).
Colorado skaters notched 20.4 hits per game last season, while the Preds accounted for 21.0 hits per contest.
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