Pittsburgh vs Colorado Betting Odds
When: April 2, 2022, at 3:00 p.m. EST
Venue: Ball Arena – Denver, CO
Pittsburgh vs Colorado Betting Preview
An intra-conference battle is set for Saturday afternoon when the Pittsburgh Penguins (41-18-10, 22-8-5 away) visit the Colorado Avalanche (48-14-6, 27-4-3 home). Pittsburgh is third in the Metropolitan and have an eight-point advantage over the Wild Card spots. Colorado is first in the Central and are the only team to reach 100 points in the league. This game will air live on ABC.
The Penguins are a balanced team with Sidney Crosby having a team high 71 points, Jake Guentzel leading the way with 32 goals, and Kris Letang the top setup man with 52 assists on the season. Pittsburgh is scoring 3.30 goals per game and allow just 2.59.
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Nazem Kadri is enjoying a breakout season with a team high 83 points and 57 assists so far. Mikko Rantanen is the top goal scorer with 34, 16 of which have come on the power play. Colorado scores 3.76 goals per game and allow just 2.74.
Pittsburgh vs Colorado Betting Trends
Penguins
- The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh’s last 5 games.
- Pittsburgh are 12-6 SU in their last 18 games against Colorado.
- Pittsburgh are 11-5 SU in their last 16 games on the road.
- Pittsburgh are 6-3 SU in their last 9 games when playing on the road against Colorado.
- The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh’s last 6 games this season.
- The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Pittsburgh’s last 7 games against an opponent in the Central Division division.
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Avalanche
- The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Colorado’s last 6 games.
- Colorado are 7-2 SU in their last 9 games.
- The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Colorado’s last 5 games at home.
- Colorado are 3-6 SU in their last 9 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh.
- The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Colorado’s last 5 games this season.
- Colorado are 15-3 SU in their last 18 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference conference.
Pittsburgh vs Colorado Pick & Prediction
Last time out, Pittsburgh visited Minnesota and won 4-3 in overtime. The Penguins lead heading into the third period, but it took an Evgeni Malkin goal in overtime to get both points. Malkin was the top star of the game thanks to his game-winning goal and one assist. Casey DeSmith stopped 28 of the 31 shots he faced and killed off three of the four Minnesota power plays.
Colorado hosted San Jose and earned a 4-2 win. This game was tied at two midways through the third period, but the Avs scored two late goals to get the win. Nazem Kadri was the third star of the game thanks to his two-assist performance. Pavel Francouz stopped 25 of the 27 shots he faced and Colorado killed off both Sharks power plays.