Knights vs Avalanche Predictions, Odds & Props for Tuesday Evening Hockey

• The Colorado Avalanche are -137 moneyline favorites over the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday Evening Hockey
• Each groups rank top-four within the West in targets towards
• See my Knights vs Avalanche predictions under, plus odds and props

There’s an previous saying you save the most effective for final. The NHL honored that tonight, staging the marquee recreation of the slate for the ultimate time slot. The Vegas Golden Knights (47-22-8, 20-13-5 away) go to the Colorado Avalanche (47-27-4, 25-11-3 dwelling), with on-line sportsbooks siding with the house workforce within the NHL odds.

Puck drop is scheduled for 9:30 pm ET, from Ball Area, in Denver, CO, with ESPN offering the printed protection.

Knights vs Avalanche Predictions

• Below 5.5 (+114 at FanDuel)

My prediction is that this recreation stays below the 5.5 purpose whole. That quantity appears extremely low given the offensive firepower on each side. Nonetheless, a more in-depth look reveals these groups are among the many finest within the West in their very own finish.

Solely the LA Kings, Dallas Stars and Winnipeg Jets have allowed fewer targets than the Golden Knights. The Pacific division leaders really rank second in anticipated targets towards, and top-eight in excessive hazard possibilities allowed.

Adin Hill is anticipated to start out in internet, and ranks among the many league leaders in most goaltending classes. Hill is top-five in wins and shutouts, and ninth in targets towards. His save proportion is within the higher half of the league, and he’s carried out nicely in two begins versus Colorado to date this season.

Hill is 1-0-1 versus the Avs, with a 2.40 GAA and .924 save proportion. The Colorado offense is available in scorching with 11 targets in its final two video games, however I consider the Vegas protection can hold Hart Trophy odds contenders Nathan MacKinnon and Cole Makar in verify. The final time the Golden Knights confronted the Avs, they held these two scoreless, in a 2-1 shootout defeat.

Adin Hill vs Mackenzie Blackwood Stats

On the opposite facet, Colorado verify in at quantity 4 in targets allowed within the West. They’re top-12 in anticipated targets towards and excessive risks possibilities allowed, rating eighth on the penalty kill.

Mackenzie Blackwood is anticipated to attract the beginning between the pipes, and his numbers are even higher than Hill’s. Blackwood is top-six in save proportion and shutouts, and top-10 in wins and GAA.

Whereas the Avalanche shooters have been filling the web these days, the identical can’t be stated for Vegas. The Golden Knights have scored solely 11 targets over their previous 5 video games. Mark Stone has been held scoreless throughout that stretch, whereas Jack Eichel has lit the lamp simply as soon as. Eichel enters play driving a four-game pointless streak, his longest drought of the season.

Vegas Golden Knights vs Colorado Avalanche Odds

The most effective odds we will discover on below 5.5 targets is +114 at Caesars. Colorado is a -137 moneyline favourite, with Vegas coming again as +114 underdogs. The Avs are +172 to cowl the -1.5 puck line, which hasn’t been a worthwhile wager this season. Per the NHL public betting, Colorado is 33-45 towards the unfold, which is a bottom-seven mark.

Odds as of April eighth at Caesars. Try SBD’s Caesars Sportsbook evaluation to see the accessible sign-up bonuses.

Golden Knights vs Avalanche Participant Props

NHL Participant Prop odds as of April 8 at FanDuel and DraftKings.

• Nathan MacKinnon Over 3.5 Photographs (-132 at FanDuel)

Switching over to NHL props market, the place I’m betting over 3.5 pictures for MacKinnon. The 29-year-old has racked up 15 pictures in his final three video games alone, and has 4+ in each conferences versus the Golden Knights, together with a 10-shot outing of their final matchup.