Ducks at Avalanche 3/15/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 08/20/2019 at 9:14 AM ET

The Anaheim Ducks play the second half of a back-to-back on Friday when they visit the Colorado Avalanche. The Ducks visit the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday before heading to Colorado. Anaheim won its last outing 3-2 over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night. The Ducks’ Daniel Sprong scored for the third straight game helping the Ducks to victory

Colorado looks to bounce back from defeat as well on Friday. The Avalanche were defeated by the Carolina Hurricanes 3-0 on Monday. Colorado could not get any of their 38 shots on net past Hurricanes goalie Petr Mrazek. The loss dropped Colorado to 30-28-12 and 72 points which is sixth in the Central division.
Jakob Silfverberg leads the Ducks in goal scoring with 20. Ryan Getzlaf is the leader in assists with 29 and points leader with 41. Ryan Miller is 7-5-1 in net and has a goal’s against average of 2.43 and save percentage of .925. The Ducks are 31st in goals scored at 2.27 and 16thin goals against at 3.01.

Nathan MacKinnon leads Colorado in goals scored with 35 and in points with 87. Mikko Rantanen is the assists leader with 56. Goalie Semyon Varlamov is 19-17-9 and has 2.84 goals against average and .910 save percentage. Colorado is 10th in goals scored at 3.17 and 21st in goals against at 3.10.

Anaheim is having a season to forget, while Colorado is battling for a possibly playoff spot in the West. The Avalanche have won 6 of the last 8 on home ice, while Anaheim has lost 7 of the last 10 on the road. Anaheim has a hard time scoring goals as the Ducks are 31st in the NHL in scoring. Final Score Prediction, Colorado Avalanche wins 3-1.

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