Avalanche vs Bruins Prediction, Line, Picks, and Odds - December 3 | 2022-23 NHL Season
The Colorado Avalanche will be on the road as they take on the Boston Bruins in a non-conference NHL game on Saturday (December 3).
The Avalanche are doing well, as they're third in the Central Division with a 13-7-1 record. They're coming off a 6-4 road victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday.
The Bruins, meanwhile, are playing extremely well thus far this season as they lead the Metropolitan Division with a 19-3-0 record. They are on a two-game winning streak and are coming off a 3-1 home win against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday.
This will be their first of two games between Colorado and Boston, and they play again in Colorado on Wednesday night.
Colorado Avalanche vs Boston Bruins Odds
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Colorado Avalanche vs Boston Bruins Match Details
Fixture: Colorado Avalanche vs Boston Bruins
Date & Time: Saturday, December 3, 2022; 7:00 pm EDT
Venue: TD Garden, Boston, MA
Colorado Avalanche vs Boston Bruins Key Stats
The Colorado Avalanche have been a decent offensive team in the early stages of the regular season, as they have scored 74 goals so far, which is 16th in the NHL. They have seven players on the injury report so they need to continue figuring out the lines. They have been excellent on the power play as they have scored 26 goals on 77 power play attempts (33.77%). They have also been shooting above average with a 10.3 shooting percentage as a team.
Alexandar Georgiev is the starting goaltender for the Colorado Avalanche and is expected to be in the net for this game. He struggled a bit in his previous game as he allowed four goals on 28 shots against the Buffalo Sabres in a winning effort. Georgiev is 11-3-1 with a .922 save percentage and 2.58 goals allowed per game thus far. They have given up 56 goals so far, which is fourth in the NHL right now and are right at league average in terms of penalty kills, so they need to be better at full strength defensively.
The Bruins, meanwhile, have been one of the best offensive teams in the sport as they have posted 88 total goals, which ranks fifth in the NHL. They are also doing extremely well in terms of power plays too, going 25 out of 83 (30.12%). Center Nathan MacKinnon has fared well, recording 33 points (eight goals, 23 assists).
Linus Ullmark has done extremely well this season as the starting goaltender for the Boston Bruins as he is 13-1-0 with 2.00 goals allowed per game and a .935 save percentage. He last played on Friday night in the win over the Flames as he finished with a pair of goals on 30 shot attempts in the game to extend the team’s winning streak. As a team, they are allowing the fewest goals allowed with 48 goals. They have been killing penalties as well, killing 71-of-85 (83.53 percent) of all their penalties thus far.
Colorado Avalanche vs Boston Bruins Betting Prediction
The defenses have been on two completely different levels as of late, with the Avalanche allowing 3.5 goals in their previous four games while the Bruins have allowed 2.4 goals in their last five games.
Linus Ullmark has been the best goaltender in the NHL and should be able to dominate this game, even against a good offensive team like Colorado. The home team has won six of their previous seven games in this matchup, so go with the Boston Bruins to win this game here.
Prediction: Boston Bruins -1.5 (+146)
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