Canucks at Avalanche NHL Betting Preview
Big Western Conference Battle on Tuesday
Canucks at Avalanche NHL Betting Preview
The National Hockey League is packed with nine games of action on Tuesday night, with one of the top contests of the evening pitting a pair of top-tier clubs when the Vancouver Canucks take on the Colorado Avalanche. Let’s take a look and breakdown some key factors in this big Western Conference showdown between the Canucks at Avalanche NHL Betting Preview matchup for Tuesday night in Denver
Canucks at Avalanche 
Records: Vancouver Canucks (29-20-5, 63 points) at Colorado Avalanche (34-18-4, 72 points)
Location: Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado
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Streaming: ESPN+
Home Sweet Home for Avs
The Colorado Avalanche finally returned home to the Mile High City on Sunday after losing five games on their season-long six-game road trip, and they were able to get a 4-3 victory over Central Division foe Arizona, with a goal and assist from veteran defenseman Jack Johnson, star forward Nathan MacKinnon and a pair of assists from blueliner Bowen Byram. Goalie Alexandar Georgiev made 27 saves on 30 shots faced for his 29th victory of the season in his league-high 46th appearance in goal on the year.
Now the Avs will look for two more points inside Ball Arena tonight as the Pacific Division-leading Vancouver Canucks skate into town after their insane 10-7 boatrace loss to the Minnesota Wild on Monday afternoon in Saint Paul. We most likely will see Georgiev, who has a 2-3 record with a 2.44 goals-against average and a .925% save percentage in five games versus Vancouver, play his 47th game of the year between the pipes in this contest.
Canuck Craziness
The Vancouver Canucks return to the ice on Tuesday night, just over 24 hours after the craziest game of the NHL regular season. Vancouver blew leads of 4-1 and 5-2 yesterday, with goaltender Casey DeSmith allowing five straight goals in a span of just over five minutes, giving the home team Minnesota Wild an 8-5 lead, eventually winning the contest 10-7.
Forward J.T. Miller posted a Hat Trick for the Canucks, but he was outshined by the Wild getting Hat Tricks from both Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson-Ek. DeSmith never quite found his footing in the net, making 17 saves on 25 shots faced, and his starting counterpart Filip Gustavsson was pulled at the end of the second period after yielding five goals on 16 shots faced.
Now Vancouver must look to bounce back against a Colorado team that is back home at Ball Arena after going through some tough stretches of hockey on the road. With DeSmith playing all of yesterday’s game, it’s expected that All-Star Thatcher Demko will get the nod between the pipes. The 28-year old San Diego native is 30-10-1 with a 2.45 goals-against average, a .918% save percentage, and five shutouts in 41 games played this season, making him the current odds-on favorite to win the Vezina Trophy for Best League Goaltender this Summer.
Canucks at Avalanche Betting Odds
Sportsbooks have the hosting Colorado Avalanche NHL Odds to win as moderate favorites against the visiting Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night priced in the pick’em range of around -135 to -150. Colorado has lost five of their last seven games overall and has lost three of their last five meetings against Vancouver, but at Ball Arena, they have won five straight games overall. The Canucks have won 13 of their last 20 games overall, but have lost three of their last five road contests and their penalty-killing unit has given up six goals in the last two games, with four of those goals coming on Monday afternoon against the Minnesota Wild.
Concluding the Canucks at Avalanche NHL Betting Preview: The total for this contest is set at 6.5 goals shaded to the Over between the pick’em price range of -115 and -120. Colorado has been on an Over run in 14 of their last 18 contests, including 10-2 in their last twelve road games. Vancouver has gone Over the total in four of their last six games overall.
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