Carolina Hurricanes at Colorado Avalanche 4/16/22 - NHL Picks & Predictions
Last Updated: 04/15/2022 at 10:21 PM ET
This Saturday night April 16th, 2022 9pm EDT the NHL is back with more exciting hockey action. The Carolina Hurricanes are in Denver, CO to face the Colorado Avalanche in the Ball Arena. Stay tuned we've got you covered on all the best betting angles here at Picks and Parlays your leader in free sports betting picks!
The Carolina Hurricanes are 48-19-8, 21-11-4 on the road, sitting in 1st place in the Metropolitan Division. Offensively the Hurricanes are averaging 3.45 goals, and 33.2 shots. The Hurricanes are 24.1% on power play opportunities and 53.6% on faceoffs.
Defensively the Hurricanes allow 2.38 goals and 28.5 shot attempts with a 89.8% penalty kill. Expected goalie for the Hurricanes is Frederik Anderson (35-13-3) with a .926 save percentage.
The Colorado Avalanche are 54-14-6, 30-4-3 at home sitting in 1st place in the Central Division. Offensively the Avalanche are averaging 3.76 goals, and 35.3 shots. The Avalanche are 25% on power play opportunities and 47% on faceoffs.
Defensively the Avalanche allow 2.77 goals and 32.3 shot attempts with a 78.9% penalty kill. Expected goalie for the Avalanche is Darcy Kuemper(35-9-3) with a .926 save percentage.
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Both the Hurricanes and the Avalanche are averaging over 3 goals per game. We think this will be a high scoring event. The over is 3-0 in the Hurricanes last 3 on the road and 6-3 in the Avalanche last 9 games against an Eastern Conference opponent. Our best bet is the Over 6 to cash. Final score prediction the Colorado Avalanche win the Carolina Hurricanes cover the spread and the total goes over 4-3.