Avalanche at Stars 3/21/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Avalanche are going on the road to face the Dallas Stars in this game. The thing is the Avalanche are only trailing behind the Stars by 6 points in the playoff race and that is going to give the Avalanche quite a bit of momentum and gumption to push hard for a win in this game. However, the road is not a good place for the Avalanche and they are playing a Stars team that has been playing amazing hockey at home for most of the games this season.

Semyon Varlamov is the goalie the Avalanche have really come to rely on this year with a total of 19 wins on the year. He has managed to get only a 2.86 goals against average on the season, but has turned away 91% of the shots that he has faced on the season. The Dallas team is holding onto the first wild card spot in the Western Conference, but the Stars are only 2 points back from the Blues on the year for the 3rd place standings. Now, the Stars are a team that would like to be able to make up that ground and have a chance to come back to pick up the wins like they would need to or they are going to be looking at a fight for the wild card spots.

Ben Bishop is the goalie the Stars have been relying on most of the season. Bishop has picked up a total of 25 wins on the year, but has a 2.05 goals against average. What else is amazing is Bishop has turned away 93.2% of the shots that he has faced on the season.