Canucks vs Avalanche Prediction, picks and odds for tonight’s NHL game

With losses in three of their last four, the Vancouver Canucks hope to end their six-game homestand on a high note when they host the Colorado Avalanche.

The Avs are rolling, looking for their fifth win in six games Monday — a big reason why Vancouver is a +120 home underdog. And while they’ve struggled at home, our Canucks vs. Avalanche that their attack will produce.

Canucks vs Avalanche prediction

My Canucks pick
Canucks Team Total Over 2.5 (-145 at Pinnacle)

My Canucks analysis
The Vancouver Canucks are coming off a 5-1 drubbing at the hands of the Bruins last time out, dropping them to 2-2-1 on their current home court. At 5-7-4 at Rogers Arena, Vancouver is tied for the second-most home wins in the NHL, just one more than Utah.

Some of their old habits came back to bite them Saturday night, including allowing the visitors to bring the play to them. Boston outscored the Canucks 16-4 in the first period to take a 2-0 lead.

It was the first time in four home games that they allowed the opening goal. They will try to get ahead against the eighth-ranked Colorado Avalanche in scoring, 3.31 goals per match. The Avalanche, meanwhile, are coming off a 5-2 drubbing of the Predators, who are coming off a 4-1 loss to Utah.

Colorado has five wins in its last seven and is averaging 4.4 goals in those wins. Where the Avs really cleaned up is at the other end of the rink. The recent acquisitions of goalkeepers Scott Wedgewood and Mackenzie Blackwood have helped bolster the defensive effort.

A bottom-4 team in goals against (3.47), the Avs give up just 2.57 goals per game. fight through seven deployments in December. Whoever Colorado puts in between the pipes should be tested, as Vancouver is one of the better offensive units in the league — its 3.21 goals per game. game ranks 12th in the NHL.

Scoring a single goal in the loss to Boston may have played a role, but Vancouver has a team-high 2.5 goals for Monday. This is a number Vancouver has topped eight times in its last 11 home games and 15 of its last 20 overall.

Only two of Colorado’s seven opponents in December have an offense inside the Top 12, so I’m still hesitant to assume the Avalanche’s defensive woes have all been wiped out.

Canucks vs Avalanche odds analysis

Vancouver is 2-7 this season in nine games as a moneyline underdog. The Canucks have alternated between Over and Under results in seven straight games.

Colorado is 10-6 on the road this season, one of five Western Conference teams with double-digit road wins. The Avs are 3-1 in their last four visits to Rogers Arena.

The Under have conceded three of the last five meetings between these teams.

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• Puck line: Vancouver +1.5 (-227) | Colorado -1.5 (+192)
• Moneyline: Vancouver +111 | Colorado -125
• Over/Under: Over 6.5 | Below 6.5

Odds provided by Pinnacle.

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