The Colorado Avalanche, led by Mikko Rantanen and Nathan MacKinnon, are set to take the ice against Rickard Rakell, Ryan Getzlaf, and the Anaheim Ducks at the Honda Center in a Western Conference showdown. This one gets going at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday, November 18 and it is being televised live on Altitude Sports & Entertainment.
Colorado Avalanche at Anaheim Ducks Odds
The Ducks (-115) are tabbed as the favorites over the Avalanche (-105), and oddsmakers have put the Over/Under (O/U) at 6 goals (-120 over, +100 under).
Colorado is 9-10 straight up (SU) and has lost 1.9 units for moneyline bettors thus far. 10 of its games have gone under the total, while nine have gone over and none have pushed. This 2018-19 Avalanche team is 5-6 SU on the road.
Colorado has converted on 28.1 percent of its power play chances this year, a mark that’s good enough for fifth-best in the NHL. Its penalty kill is ranked 16th overall, and it’s successfully killed off 80.3 percent of its penalties..
Sporting a .926 save percentage and 28.8 saves per game, Semyon Varlamov (6-7-2) has been the best option in goal for Colorado this year. If it chooses to rest him, however, Colorado could go with Philipp Grubauer (3-3-2), who has a .893 save percentage and 3.46 goals against average this year.
On the other bench, Anaheim is 8-13 straight up (SU) and has lost 5.3 units for moneyline bettors thus far. 14 of its contests have gone under the total, while six have gone over and just one has pushed. This season, the team is 5-7 SU as the home team.
The Ducks have converted on just 14.0 percent of their power play chances this season, a figure that places them in the bottom 5 overall among NHL teams. On the other hand, its penalty kill is ranked seventh overall, and it’s successfully killed off 82.9 percent of all penalties.
John Gibson has stopped 31.9 shots per game as the primary choice in goal for the Ducks. Gibson has six wins, 11 losses, and four overtime losses to his name and has maintained a 2.55 goals against average and a .928 save percentage this season.
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Two of the Ducks’ last ten games have been decided by a shootout. The team is 1-1 in those games and 2-2 overall in shootouts this year.
The total has gone under in four of Anaheim’s last five outings.
25.0 percent of Anaheim’s wins have come by two or more goals (the team is 2-8 overall in games decided by at least two scores) while 100.0 percent of Colorado’s wins have come by two goals or more (9-3 overall in games decided by at least two goals).
Colorado skaters notched 20.4 hits per game last season, while the Ducks logged 24.2 hits per contest.
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