Dallas Stars vs Colorado Avalanche Prediction: An Avalanche of Offense Tonight?

Dallas Stars vs Colorado Avalanche Prediction: An Avalanche of Offense Tonight?

Tonight, the Dallas Stars skate into Denver in the second half of a home and home against the Colorado Avalanche after losing at home 4-0 on Sunday. The Avalanche shut out the Stars on the strength of Gabriel Landeskog's two goals and Darcy Kuemper's 23 save shutout.

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Dallas Stars vs Colorado Avalanche Prediction

The Av's offense has been lethal all season, but they have been better at home where they are averaging 4.20 goals per game, which is third best behind Florida and Minnesota. Colorado’s home power play is middle of the pack at 21 percent, but they are fourth in five on five goals with 66.

Defensively, Colorado is only giving up 2.44 goals per game, but their opponents don’t need to contribute too much to hit the overs as Colorado is 14-8-3 to an over of 6 at home this season. The Avalanche also have a bottom 10 home penalty kill which is 75%. Dallas has struggled to score on the road this season as they are averaging only 2.38 goals per game. However, over their last five road games, the Stars are averaging 3.8 goals per game. Dallas has a good road power play which is eighth best at 24.6%, and a positive matchup against an Avalanche team that averages 9.88 PIMs per game at home.

The Stars are a different defensive team on the road. They are averaging 3.38 goals against per road game, as opposed to 2.76 goals against per home game. With the offensive uptick the Stars have had on the road recently, I am comfortable with a total of 6 and expect a better offensive game from them coming off a shutout on Sunday.

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Dallas Stars vs Colorado Avalanche Pick

• Over 6 -120 (Bet $120 to win $100)