Wild vs Avalanche Picks and Prediction – 4/10/2024

The Minnesota Wild travel to Colorado Tuesday night for another road game against the Avalanche. Minnesota has 37 wins on the year following a four goal victory over Chicago that ended a 2 game scared. The Minnesota offense has carried the team this season averaging 3.01 goals on 30.3 shots. Defensively Minnesota has had a ton of issues giving a 3.13 goals per game this season after giving up none in their victory over Chicago. Stay up to date with our NHL Picks.

Jesper Wallstedt was immaculate in the net for Minnesota in their last outing stopping all 24 shots against resulting in the shutout victory. Kirill Kaprizov led the way for the Minnesota offense with two goals and one assist on four shots in just over 24 minutes from the ice. Minnesota got a balanced attack otherwise as two other players added one goal each, while six other members posted one assist apiece.

The Colorado Avalanche remain on their home ice Tuesday with 48 wins on the year on a 2 game skid following their loss against Dallas. Offensively Colorado has been top tier this season averaging 3.71 goals on 33.2 shots. Defensively Colorado has held their own as well giving up just 3.05 goals on 30 shots per game but have allowed 13 total goals during their last two losses.

Nathan MacKinnon does everything for the Colorado offense this season leading the team with 133 points and 85 assists. MacKinnon also boasts a team high 48 goals on 385 shots this year. Alexandar Georgiev has been goalie #1 all year for Colorado with 37 wins and a .899 save percentage overall.