Free NHL Hockey Prediction: Red Wings vs Avalanche NHL Odds
Looking for Detroit Red Wings vs. Colorado Avalanche free hockey plays & NHL Odds? NHL betting sees the Red Wings taking on the Avalanche on Tuesday March, 5th, at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. Cappers Picks provides complimentary expert handicapping picks on all NHL Hockey games all season long so stay tuned for more FREE daily NHL hockey predictions like this Red Wings Avalanche matchup.
(23-33-4) Detroit Red Wings vs. Colorado Avalanche (24-33-5)
Date: Tuesday March 5th
Time: 9:00 PM
Venue: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
NHL Hockey Moneyline Odds: Avs -205 | Red Wings +170
NHL Hockey Puck Line Odds: OFF
NHL Betting Total: 6½
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The Detroit Red Wings continue to struggle on both ends of the ice as they are losers of seven straight games entering this matchup. They scored just two goals in their last two while also giving up 11 goals during this time as they fell by a 3-1 score to the Arizona Coyotes in their last time out.
The Colorado Avalanche have fallen back to mediocrity as they have dropped three of their last four games after going on a four-game winning streak recently. They fell by one goal in their last three losses as they barely missed out a win versus the Anaheim Ducks.
Detroit Red Wings
Detroit was able to score on a power-play goal by Dylan Larkin in the second period to make the score 2-1 versus the Coyotes. However, the Red Wings would not score again in the contest as they obtained only 23 shots on goal compared to allowing 44 shots to Arizona.
Goalkeeper Jimmy Howard (17-18-1) had 41 saves on the night for the Red Wings, however; Yet, was not able to prevent a late goal in the third period to seal the victory for the Coyotes. Darcy Kuemper won in goal for the Coyotes with 22 saves along with a .957 save percentage.
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The Red Wings continue to be awful on the road as they have lost three of four games away from Little Ceaser’s Arena. In these losses, they have allowed opponents over four goals per game.
Detroit was shut out in their last outing versus the Avalanche as the Red Wings had 24 shots on the night compared to 29 for Colorado. A power play goal by Nathan McKinnon along with a late goal by Gabriel Landeskog sealed the victory after a scoreless first period.
Colorado Avalanche
Colorado continues to be up and down on the season, for the most part. As stated, they followed up a four-game streak of outstanding play while dropping three of their next four games to where each of these games were decided by one goal.
The Avalanche scored just one goal in their last time out versus the Ducks as Derrick Brassard scored on a power play goal to make the game interesting in the final period. However, they would not score again as they ended with 26 shots on the game in defeat.
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John Gibson was lights out for the Ducks with 23 saves on the night while Philip Grubauer (10-8-3) had 23 saves for a .926 save percentage in the loss. Shot leader Ian Cole has only 4 shots on goal in the past four outings for the Avalanche while Mikko Rantanen leads the team in goals with 82 goals and has scored three goals in the last four games.
NHL Betting Trends:
- Red Wings are 1-4 in the last 5 meetings.
- Road team is 9-3 in the last 12 meetings.
- Red Wings are 22-9 in the last 31 meetings in Colorado.
4* Free NHL Betting Pick: Under
Look for the under to be the strong play in this matchup amongst two struggling offenses. The under was also the result from the last matchup amongst these two teams. Look for the trends to continue as neither squad has been very accurate lately at the net. In all, look for this to be a low-scoring affair to where the Avalanche will make it two straight over a dismal Detroit team by a 4-1 score in the end.
NHL Free Score Prediction: Red Wings 1 – Avalanche 4
While the Avalanche have struggled lately, they have won three of their last four home games leading into this matchup. As stated, the Red Wings continue to stink things up on the road these days and will do so in this contest as well.
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