Colorado Avalanche vs Toronto Maple Leafs Prediction, 1/13/2024 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Avalanche vs Toronto Maple Leafs

Date: Saturday, January 13, 2024

Location: Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, ON

TV: Sportsnet

The Colorado Avalanche (27-12-3) are traveling to Scotiabank Arena on Saturday where they will meet the Toronto Maple Leafs (21-10-7).

The Colorado Avalanche will head into their next game feeling good after earning a 3-0 victory over the Golden Knights in their previous outing. The Avalanche had an average offensive outing in this win. For the game, they converted 3 of the 35 shots they looked to score on. Furthermore, they had 4 power play tries and were able to net 2 goals. Colorado earned 8 minutes in the box in this contest.

With respect to their goal scoring prowess, the Colorado Avalanche have racked up 153 goals (2nd in pro hockey) so far this year and have allowed 129. For the season, they have 57 points and their points % is .679. Colorado has accumulated 160 power play chances and they have tallied 40 goals during those chances, garnering them a rate of 25.00%. While playing at even strength, the Avalanche have allowed the opponent to score 104 goals while notching 113 of their own. Colorado has taken 1,346 shots and holds a shooting percentage of 11.4%. The Avalanche have seen 1,201 shots tried against them and hold a save percentage of .893. Colorado Avalanche opponents have recorded 146 power play tries (3rd in the league) and have a total of 25 goals in those attempts.

The man protecting the net in this game is Alexandar Georgiev. Opponents have scored 597 goals versus Georgiev in his career and his goals against average is 2.81. Georgiev has been involved in 226 contests over the course of his professional hockey career. He has a save percentage of .910 in his 12,740 minutes played. He has amassed a mark of 121-73-19 and he started in 213 games. From the beginning of his pro career to now, Georgiev has 116 quality starts and his quality starts rate is .545. Georgiev has seen 6,600 shot attempts taken against him and has gathered 6,003 total saves.

In their last game, Toronto played the Sharks in a game where the Maple Leafs took home the victory by a final score of 7-1. They had 3 power play attempts in this outing and converted 3 out of those opportunities. The Maple Leafs had 7 goals of the 45 shots on goal they pursued.

For the year, the Toronto Maple Leafs have 136 goals, 49 points, in addition to a points percentage of .645. They have permitted 120 goals to be scored by of a combination of 96 goals at even strength and 24 goals while they were shorthanded. The Maple Leafs are sitting with 105 goals at even strength and 31 goals (10th in the league) while on the power play. They have a total of 115 chances on the power play and they have a power play percentage of 26.96%. Toronto has attempted 1,270 shots (9th in pro hockey) and has a shot percentage of 10.71%, while allowing their opponents 1,192 shots. They have a penalty kill rate of 77.98% on the other teams 109 power play chances, and their save percentage currently comes in at 89.9%.

On the other side of the ice you are likely to see Martin Jones in goal. Jones is the owner of a career record of 233-166-35 and has played in 456 games. Jones' quality start rate comes in at 52.2% and he has accumulated 229 quality starting assignments in his professional career. He has recorded 11,224 stops out of 12,388 shots taken, which gives him a percentage of .906. His opponents are averaging 2.69 goals per game and he has allowed 1,164 goals in total. He has started in 439 contests and has played 25,957 minutes.

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

Guy's Pick: Take Colorado

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