Colorado Avalanche at Columbus Blue Jackets NHL Picks & Predictions 10/9/2018

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Nationwide Arena

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The Colorado Avalanche head to Nationwide Arena to take on the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday, October 9, 2018. The opening line for this contest has the Avalanche at +130 and the Blue Jackets at -150.

Colorado has a record of 2-0-0 this year. They are 3rd in the Central Division. They've tallied 9 goals and surrendered 3 goals for a point differential of +6. For the year they have an ATS mark of 2-0-0 and an over/under record of 1-1-0. Columbus has a regular season record of 1-1-0 including 0-1-0-0 on home ice this year. They are 6th in the Metropolitan Division. They have scored 4 goals and given up 5 for a goal differential of -1. Their record against the spread is 1-1-0 while their over/under mark is 0-2-0.

Valuable Colorado Avalanche Betting Trends

The Colorado Avalanche are 2-0-0 straight up this year

The Colorado Avalanche are 1-1-0 against the over/under this season

Important Columbus Blue Jackets Betting Trends

The Columbus Blue Jackets are 1-1-0 straight up this year

The Columbus Blue Jackets are 0-2-0 against the over/under this season

Key Colorado Avalanche Injuries

10/04/18 D Anton Lindholm Undisclosed is out indefinitely
10/04/18 D Conor Timmins Concussion is out indefinitely
10/02/18 C Vladislav Kamenev Lower Body IR (10/02)
10/01/18 RW Sven Andrighetto Lower Body is out indefinitely

Key Columbus Blue Jackets Injuries

10/08/18 C Brandon Dubinsky None is questionable Tuesday vs Colorado
10/08/18 D Scott Harrington Upper Body is questionable Tuesday vs Colorado
10/08/18 D Zach Werenski Lower Body injured last game, is probable Tuesday vs Colorado
09/26/18 D Seth Jones Knee is out indefinitely

Player Spotlight

Nathan MacKinnon has scored 3 total points this year for the Avalanche. He has 2 goals this season with 15 shots on net, giving him a shooting percentage of 13%. He has a total of 1 assist on the year and averages 23 minutes played per contest. Carl Soderberg averages 16 minutes of ice time per game this season. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 50% by tallying 1 goal on 2 attempts. He has 2 assists, giving him a total of 3 points on the year. Semyon Varlamov has 2 wins and no losses this season in goal for the Avalanche. He has 58 shots against him and he's surrendered 3 goals. He's made 55 stops for a save percentage of 95%.

Player Spotlight

Brandon Dubinsky has 2 total points this season for the Blue Jackets. He has 1 goal this year with 4 shots on goal, giving him a shooting percentage of 25%. He has a total of 1 assist on the year and averages 14.5 minutes played per contest. Artemi Panarin averages 22 minutes of ice time per contest. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 33% by scoring 1 goal on 3 attempts. He has 1 assist, giving him a total of 2 points on the year. Sergei Bobrovsky has no wins and 1 loss this season in net for the Blue Jackets. He has 35 shots against him and he's given up 3 goals. He's made 32 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Useful Team Statistics

The Avalanche have 4 total points this year, which is 5th in the NHL. They've scored 9 goals while giving up 3 scores, which has them ranked 5th and 26th respectively. They have had 7 power play chances and scored 2 goals on those opportunities for a percentage of 29%. That is 10th in the league. The Avalanche have given up 6 power play opportunities and surrendered no goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 100%, ranking them 5th when short-handed. They average 38 shots per contest and as a team shoot 12.00% for the year. They allow 29 shot attempts to their opposition per game and have a team save percentage of 95%, which is 5th in the league.

Useful Team Statistics

The Blue Jackets are 17th in the league with a total of 2 points this season. They have 1 power play goal on 9 chances for a percentage of 11%. That is 22nd in the NHL. They've given up 4 power play opportunities and surrendered 1 goal on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 75%, ranking 22nd overall. As a team, the Blue Jackets are 24th with a total of 4 goals scored while they've given up 5 goals this season, ranking 19th in goals against. They average 36 shots per game and have a team shooting percentage of 5.63%. As a unit they give up 28 shots per contest and have a save percentage of 91%, putting them 15th overall in the NHL.

Advanced Statistics

Colorado is 12th in the NHL in Corsi percentage with 53.7%, as they've attempted 131 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 113 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is 54.6% as they have 95 attempts while they have given up 79 shots on the defensive end. That ranks them 10th in the league. The Avalanche start possessions in the offensive zone 60.2% of the time, which is 4th in the league, while their defensive zone percentage is at 39.8% for the season. That is 28th overall in the NHL. They have 55 face-off wins compared to 63 losses, meaning their face-off win percentage is 46.6%. That ranks them 26th in the league. On defense Colorado has 34 hits and they have blocked 34 shots from the opposition, putting them 11th overall.

Advanced Statistics

The Blue Jackets are 8th in the league in starting possessions in the offensive zone, doing so 58.2% of the time. Their defensive zone percentage is at 41.8% for the season, which is 24th in the NHL. They have 72 face-off wins compared to 57 losses, meaning their face-off win percentage is 55.8%. That is 5th in the league. On defense Columbus has 23 hits and they have blocked 31 shots from the opposition, which is 14th in the league. Columbus is 9th in the NHL in Corsi percentage with 55.3% as they've attempted 130 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 105 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage of 57.5% ranks 6th as they have 100 attempts while they have given up 74 shots on the defensive end.

Who will win tonight's Avalanche/Blue Jackets NHL game against the spread?

Tony's Pick: Take Colorado +130

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