Colorado Avalanche vs Dallas Stars Prediction, 1/4/2024 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Avalanche vs Dallas Stars

Date: Thursday, January 4, 2024

Location: American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX

TV: Bally Sports Southwest

Odds/Point Spread: Avalanche (-103) Stars (-120)

The Dallas Stars (22-10-4) will try to beat the Colorado Avalanche (24-11-3) at American Airlines Center on Thursday. The moneyline on this contest has the Avalanche at -103 while the Stars are priced at -120. The betting total comes in at 7.

The Colorado Avalanche were on the right side of the scoreboard with a 5-4 win against the Islanders in their previous contest . Colorado tallied 6 penalty mins for this matchup. The Avalanche had a impressive offensive output in the victory. They also had 5 opportunities with more players on the ice and were able to net 2 goals. For the outing, they scored on 5 out of the 39 shots they put on net.

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Colorado Avalanche opponents have amassed 131 power play opportunities (4th in pro hockey) and have racked up 22 goals in those chances. The Avalanche have had 1,089 shots attempted against them and are the owners of a save percentage of .895. Colorado has attempted 1,215 shots and is the owner of a shot percentage of 11.4%. At even strength, the Avalanche have given up 92 goals while having 103 on the offensive side of the ice. Colorado is sitting with 143 power play opportunities and they have added 35 goals out of those tries, garnering them a percentage of 24.48%. For the current season, they have 51 points and their points percentage comes in at .671. Pertaining to scoring goals, the Colorado Avalanche have accumulated 138 goals (2nd in pro hockey) this year and have allowed 114.

The player guarding the cage in this matchup is Alexandar Georgiev. Throughout his time in hockey, Georgiev is sitting with 115 quality starts and his rate for quality starts is .548. He has a save percentage of .910 for his 12,522 mins guarding the cage. Georgiev has had 6,502 shots against him and he has 5,915 total saves. The opposition has been able to score 587 goals against Georgiev in his NHL career and his goals against average is 2.81. He has earned an overall mark of 118-72-19 and he has gotten the start in 210 games. Georgiev has played in 222 games throughout his NHL career.

In their last contest, Dallas went up against the Canadiens in an outing where the Stars took a loss by a final score of 4-3. They had 1 power play chance in this one but weren't able to finish one of them with a goal. The Stars tallied 3 goals of the 33 shots on goal they tried.

Dallas has put up 1,102 shots (21st in pro hockey) and has earned a shooting percentage of 11.71%, while allowing their opponents 1,083 shots. They have recorded a penalty kill rate of 85.34% on the other teams 116 power play opportunities, and their save percentage is 89.8%. They have a total of 104 power play opportunities and they have a power play percentage of 22.12%. The Stars have 106 goals at even strength and 23 goals (17th in the league) while having more men on the ice. They have allowed 110 goals to be scored by way of 93 goals at even strength and 17 goals while they had less men on the ice. During this campaign, the Dallas Stars have tallied 129 goals, 48 points, in addition to a points percentage of .667.

Across the ice you will find Scott Wedgewood between the pipes. Wedgewood holds a lifetime record of 43-44-19 and has been in goal for 114 games. Wedgewood's quality start rate comes out to 48.5% and he has made 49 quality starting assignments in his career. He has accounted for 3,141 saves out of the 3,464 shots taken, giving him a save % of .907. His opposition is averaging 3.02 goals per game and he has given up 323 goals altogether. He got the starting nod in 101 games and has played for a total of 6,415 minutes.

Who will win tonight's NHL game against the spread or moneyline?

Guy's Pick: Take Colorado (-103)

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