Colorado Avalanche vs Montreal Canadiens Prediction, 12/2/2021 NHL Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Colorado Avalanche vs Montreal Canadiens

Date: Thursday, December 2, 2021

Location: Bell Centre in Montreal, QC

TV: TSN

Odds/Point Spread: Avalanche (-177) Canadiens (+145)

Jonas Johansson and the Colorado Avalanche (11-6-1) travel to Bell Centre on Thursday where they'll meet the Montreal Canadiens (6-16-2). The Avalanche open this matchup at -177 while the Canadiens are priced at +145. The O/U opens at 5.5.

The Avalanche will head into their next game feeling good after earning a 6-2 win against the Predators in their previous contest. The Corsi for the Avalanche was sitting at 54 and the Corsi against was at 44 which means they had a Corsi rate of 55.1%. Their offensive zone starts sat at 57.7% and they had a PDO of 107.7 for this matchup. Colorado tallied 12 minutes in the box for this matchup. The Avalanche had a impressive offensive output in this win. Their Fenwick was 35 and the Fenwick against finished at 35, giving them a Fenwick percentage of 50.0%. They compiled 24 face-off wins at even strength and lost on 24 attempts to gain puck control. In addition, they had 4 power play opportunities and notched 2 goals. For the game, they converted 6 of the 35 shots they launched.

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With regard to their scoring capabilities, the Colorado Avalanche have racked up 72 goals (7th in hockey) for the year and have allowed 56. For the current campaign, they have 23 points and their points % is .639. Colorado has compiled 73 power play chances and they have notched 16 goals out of those attempts, garnering them a percentage of 21.92%. When at even strength, the Avalanche have allowed the opponent to score 44 goals while getting 56 on offense. Colorado has taken 595 shots and holds a shooting percentage of 12.1%. The Avalanche have had 539 shots tried against them and have a save percentage of .896. Colorado Avalanche opponents have earned 49 power play tries (31st in the NHL) and have a total of 12 goals in those attempts.

The player guarding the cage in this matchup is Jonas Johansson. For his professional hockey career, Johansson has 9 quality starts and his percentage for quality starts is .429. His save percentage is at .899 for his 1,370 mins guarding the cage. Johansson has had 654 shots taken against him and has gathered 588 total saves. The opposition has scored 66 goals versus Johansson in his pro hockey career and his goals against rate is 2.89. He has accumulated an overall record of 8-10-4 and he started in 21 games. Johansson has been in net for 26 contests throughout his professional hockey career.

In their last outing, Montreal squared up with the Canucks in a game where the Canadiens took the loss by a final score of 2-1. They had 2 power play attempts in this game but weren't able to notch a goal. The Canadiens had 1 goal of the 34 shots on goal they were seeking. Their PDO at even strength was 101 and their percentage of oZS was 43.2%. Montreal earned a 47.5% Corsi rate. These Corsi statistics are telling of the type of game that Montreal played and you could say that they have had better days on the ice. Their Fenwick rate came in at 45.9% by compiling a Fenwick of 39 and the Canucks finishing with a 46 Fenwick.

Montreal has put up 723 shots (10th in the league) and has a shooting percentage of 7.61%, while allowing their opponents 798 shots. They have a penalty kill rate of 68.06% on their opponents 72 tries on the power play, and their save percentage is 89.3%. They have recorded 72 power play opportunities and they have a power play rate of 12.50%. The Canadiens have accumulated 46 goals at even strength and 9 goals (27th in pro hockey) while on the power play. They have permitted 85 goals to be scored by way of 62 goals at even strength and 23 goals while they were shorthanded. For the year, the Montreal Canadiens have earned a total of 55 goals, 14 points, in addition to a points percentage of .292.

On the other side of the ice you will find Jake Allen in the crease. Allen holds a career mark of 164-116-32 and has been in net for 335 games. Allen's percentage of quality starts is 53.3% and he has accumulated 168 quality starting assignments in his NHL career. He is sitting with 8,206 saves out of the 9,001 shots attempted against him, which gives him a save percentage of .912. Opponents are averaging 2.54 goals per contest and he has surrendered 795 goals altogether. He has started in 315 games and has played for a total of 18,763 mins.

Who will win tonight's NHL game ATS?

Josh's Pick: Take Montreal (+145)

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