Avalanche at Jets 2/14/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

It is hard to think that earlier this season their was talk of the Avalanche making it into the playoffs. Now, the Avalanche are looking like they could be a team that is going to finish under the Blackhawks in the standings and that is definitely not something the Avalanche want to do. With that being the case, the Avs are starting to reach the point of the must win section of the year to avoid the basement.

On the season the Avalanche have been able to score at a clip of 3.25 goals a game. The defense for the Avalanche is giving up 3.34 goals a game. The Avalanche defense has been doing decent as they are giving up only 3.34 goals a game on the season. When it comes to the power play the Avalanche actually do good converting at 23%, but the penalty kill for the Avalanche is sitting at 76%. The Winnipeg Jets have managed to put 20 points on the Avalanche in the standings and have a 4 point lead over the Predators. However, the Jets are still at the position of they have to keep on winning as they do not have the distance between them and the second place team like the Lightning have on the year.

With the Jets the team is coming into the game here with 3.44 goals a game being score, but the defense for the Jets is giving up 2.84 goals per game so far. The Jets have been really good on the power play converting at 25.6%, but the penalty kill has had some struggles as they are killing off only 79.8%.