Avs vs Wild Hockey Betting?
Wild Look to Even it Up – Host Avalanche in Pivotal Game 4 Thursday Night
The Minnesota Wild look to carry the momentum gained off a 1-0 overtime win in Game 3 when they try to hold serve and even their series with the Colorado Avalanche. The Wild looked good throughout Game 3 – they were clearly the better team.
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Colorado (54-22-5-4) at Minnesota (44-28-5-8)
When: 9:30 PM ET, Thursday, April 24, 2014
Where: Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Broadcast: TSN2, CNBC, RDS2, ALT, FS-N, FS-WI
Avs Lead Series 2-1
Avalanche vs. Wild betting Lines
Colorado Avalanche +1½ -260 +123 Ov 5 +102
Minnesota Wild -1½ +220 -135 Un 5 -113
Now they get to face an Avs club that lost Tyson Barrie for four to six weeks thanks to a knee-on-knee hit by Matt Cooke. A little spice has been thrown into the first round series – Thursday night should be an interesting affair.
The Colorado Avalanche are sayin all the right things regarding Matt Cooke`s hit on Barrie. To a man the Avs know that the best revenge is to soundly beat the Wild – something they didn`t come close to doing in Game 3.
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The Avalanche were outshot 44-20 in Game 3 and their power play is 1-for-11 so far in the series – not exactly numbers that you win with. But the Avalanche are still a talented bunch and should be better Thursday night.
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Another positive for the Avalanche is the play of Seymon Varlamov. After struggling the first game he has put together two nice outings including a 45 save effort in a loss in Game 3.
As mentioned, the Wild played a complete 60 minutes+ in Game 3 – they controlled throughout and let their rookie keeper earn a little confidence with a 22 save shutout. Minnesota has to feel pretty good going into Game 4.
Mikael Granlund is the story of Game 3 – some unexpected brilliance for a Wild team that needed a spark. Granlund was terrific offensively in scoring the winner and he was also very good in a defensive roll against the Avs potent lineup.
Dave’s FREE NHL Betting Prediction
A few trends to consider:
• COL are 10-1 in their last 11 Thu. games.
• COL are 12-3 in their last 15 vs. Central.
• COL are 10-4 in their last 14 overall.
• Over is 5-1-2 in MIN last 8 games following a win.
• MIN are 3-7 in their last 10 vs. Central.
Something tells me the Colorado Avalanche are in a little bit of trouble here. The injury and loss of Tyson Barrie coupled with the fact that Matt Duchene is still out with a knee injury scares me a little bit. My guess is that it takes a couple of periods to adjust to another Stud out of the lineup.
Pick: Minnesota Wild -135
