Carolina Hurricanes vs Colorado Avalanche Prediction, Preview and Odds - 04/16/2022

Game Time: 9:00 pm ET, Saturday, April 16, 2022

Venue:  Ball Arena, Denver, CO

Where to Watch:  ALT

DraftKings:  Moneyline:  Hurricanes +110, Avalanche -135; Over/Under:  6 goals

Bet365:  Moneyline:  Hurricanes +110, Avalanche -135; Over/Under:  6 goals

BetMGM:  Moneyline:  Hurricanes +110, Avalanche -135; Over/Under:  6 goals

 

Carolina Hurricanes:  48-19-8 (1st place, Metropolitan Division)

Colorado Avalanche:  54-14-6 (1st place, Central Division)

 

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Carolina Hurricanes:  5-4-1 last 10

Colorado Avalanche:  9-0-1 last 10

 

 

 

The Hurricanes are coming into this game with 104 points, a 48-19-8 record overall, and they are 21-11-4 in their road games this regular season where they will be in this game. They have won 2 of their last 3 games and are coming into this one off of a loss in their last game which snapped a 2 game winning streak that they were on. Their 2 wins in that span were against the Anaheim Ducks and the New York Rangers while their loss came against the The Detroit Red Wings in their last game. They lost that game at home 3-0. No one scored a goal in that one as they were shut out completely. Sebastian Aho, Max Domi, Martin Nečas, and Andrei Svechnikov led the team in shots on net in that game with 4 each. Antti Raanta was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 3 goals on 22 shots with 19 saves and a .864 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 247 goals this season averaging 3.3 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 180 goals against them allowing 2.4 goals per game. 

 

 

The Avalanche are coming into this game with 114 points, a 54-14-6 record overall, and they are 30-4-3 in their home games this regular season where they will be in this game. They have won 9 of their last 10 games and are coming into this one on an 8 game winning streak. Their last loss was against the Minnesota Wild while their 9 wins in that span came against the Philadelphia Flyers, the Calgary Flames, the San Jose Sharks, the Pittsburgh Penguins twice, the Winnipeg Jets, the Edmonton Oilers, the Los Angeles Kings, and the New Jersey Devils in their last game. They won that game at home 3-1. Artturi Lehkonen, André Burakovsky, and Logan O'Connor each scored 1 goal for them in that one. André Burakovsky led the team in shots on net in that game with 5. Pavel Francouz was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 1 goal on 27 shots with 26 saves and a .963 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 287 goals this season averaging 3.9 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 202 goals against them allowing 2.7 goals per game. 

 

 

The Avalanche are coming into this game playing very well in their recent games. They have won their last 8 straight games and they have won their last 5 straight at home as well, winning 4 of those games by 2 or more goals. They have scored a lot of goals recently with 12 in their last 2 games, including 9 goals in one of those games alone. They are going up against a Hurricanes team that will be hungry to bounce back after getting shut out at home to the Red Wings in their last game but they have been doing that a lot recently where they are not taking those games against lesser teams seriously while the Avalanche are trying their hardest to win every game they play in. The Avalanche lead the NHL with the most points and they are on their way to breaking a franchise record for points in one season with 5 more and they have 8 games to do so still. They have been playing much better than the Hurricanes have been recently and they will be determined to get more points from this game as well. The Avalanche will keep on their big win streak here and win this game at home.

 

Hurricanes Avalanche Prediction:  Our NHL Pick for Saturday, April 16, 2022 (9:00 pm ET start time) is Avalanche 3 Hurricanes 1.

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Carolina Hurricanes: 46-38 (-12.8u) ML after 1 or more consecutive losses. 21-19 (-6.8u) ML after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game. 12-5 OVER in a road game where where the total is 6 or more.

Colorado Avalanche: 150-75 (+25.8u) ML in all games. 49-17 (+12.6u) ML in a home game where the total is 6 or more. 20-8 OVER off 2 or more consecutive home wins.

 

 

Carolina Hurricanes:  None.

Colorado Avalanche:  N. Kadri (C) Early May - Upper Body injury R. Murray (D) Out indefinitely - Hand injury. G. Landeskog (LW) Early May - Knee injury.

 

 

 

“Tip of the cap, Ned was good. Obviously, we’ve seen he can steal games. Felt like we had enough chances definitely to score a couple. ... Thought we created a lot and just couldn’t get one by him.” - Jordan Martinook after their loss against the Red Wings on Thursday night.

 

 

“The plan is just keep being with the team here in Colorado. I don’t know how many games I’ll play, and I don’t know what the plan is going to be for playoffs seeing as I’m not eligible to play, but I’m just excited to be with the team now, and I think it’ll just work itself out.” - Ben Meyers before their win against the Devils on Thursday night.

 

 

 

LW Svechnikov, Andrei

C Aho, Sebastian

RW Jarvis, Seth

LD Slavin, Jaccob

RD Deangelo, Anthony

G Raanta, Antti

 

LW Burakovsky, André

C Nathan MacKinnon

RW Rantanen, Mikko

LD Toews, Devon

RD Makar, Cale

G Francouz, Pavel

 

 

Points: S. Aho (75)

Goals: S. Aho (34)

Assists: S. Aho (41)

GAA: F .Andersen (2.07)

 

Points: M. Rantanen (87)

Goals: M. Rantanen (35)

Assists: N. Kadri (57)

GAA: D. Kuemper (2.38)

 

Coaches:

Carolina Hurricanes: Rod Brind’Amour (4th season)

Colorado Avalanche: Jared Bednar (6th season)