Avalanche at Wild 3/19/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Colorado Avalanche look for a second straight victory on Tuesday when they visit the Minnesota Wild. The Avalanche defeated the New Jersey Devils 3-0 on Sunday in their most recent outing. Philipp Grubauer stopped each of the 22 shots he faced in net to post a third shutout in his last five starts for Colorado.

Minnesota looks to bounce back from a loss when they host Colorado. The Wild lost to the New York Islanders in overtime 3-2 on Sunday. Scoring for the Wild in the loss were Zach Parise and Jared Spurgeon, while Ryan Donato made two assists. Alex Stalock made 17 saves in net for the Wild. Nathan MacKinnon leads Colorado in goals scored with 37 and in points with 91. Mikko Rantanen is the assists leader with 56. Goalie Semyon Varlamov is 19-18-9 and has 2.86 goals against average and .910 save percentage. Colorado is 10th in goals scored at 3.17 and 21st in goals against at 3.08.

Zach Parise leads the Wild in goals scored with 25 and points with 57. Ryan Suter is the team leader in assists with 38. In goal Devan Dubnyk is 28-24-6 with a goals against of 2.60 and save percentage of .911. Minnesota is 24th in goals per game at 2.71 and 11th in goals against at 2.88.