Wild vs. Avalanche Prediction and Odds: Colorado is About to Get Hot

The Colorado Avalanche will attempt to get back to .500 hockey when they host the Minnesota Wild in Saturday night NHL action.

The Wild enter the game in second place in the Central Division, while the Avs sit in sixth despite being the pre-season Stanley Cup favorites. Colorado will hope to carry the momentum from Thursday night’s win, when they handed the St. Louis Blues their first loss of the season, into tonight’s game against Minnesota.

The Wild will look to avoid their second straight loss, after dropping a game to the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night.

Let’s take a look at the odds, courtesy of WynnBET Sportsbook.

Wild vs. Avalanche Odds and Total

Moneyline:

• Wild +137
• Avalanche -152

Puck line:

• Wild +1.5 (-175)
• Avalanche -1.5 (+155)

Total:

• 6.0 (Over -105/Under -115)

Wild vs. Avalanche Prediction and Pick

Don’t let the difference in records fool you, the Avalanche are the better team in this matchup and taking them at -152 (bet $152 to profit $100) on the moneyline is the smart move to make.

If you want to find out how fraudulent of a start the Wild are off to, just look at their goal differential. Despite sitting at 5-2 on the season, Minnesota has a -1 goal differential. All five of their wins have been by only one goal, and two of those five wins came in overtime. Meanwhile, both losses they suffered have come by three goals.

The Avs rank sixth in the NHL in high danger scoring chances, averaging 11.71 per 60 minutes of play. They also allow the second fewest opponent high danger scoring chances at 8.12 per 60 minutes. Their record isn’t as impressive, but the underlying stats show that this team is still among the best in the NHL. They’ll prove it tonight against an overrated Wild team.

Pick: Avalanche -152