New York Islanders vs Colorado Avalanche Prediction, 10/14/2024 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New York Islanders vs Colorado Avalanche

Date: Monday, October 14, 2024

Location: Ball Arena in Denver, CO

TV: Altitude Sports

Ball Arena is the location where the Colorado Avalanche (50-25-7 last year) will take on the New York Islanders (39-27-16 last season) on Monday.

The New York Islanders will look for better times on the ice after their 6-3 defeat against the Hurricanes their last time out. New York earned 2 penalty minutes in this game. The Islanders had a middle of the road offensive performance in the defeat. Furthermore, they had 4 power play chances and notched 1 goal. In the game, they earned a goal on 3 of the 25 shots they tried.

While at even strength, the Islanders surrendered 195 goals while having 198. New York Islanders opponents had 221 power play tries (30th in pro hockey) and tallied 63 goals in those chances. Pertaining to their scoring, the New York Islanders earned 245 goals (22nd in professional hockey) last season and conceded 258. New York attempted 2,470 shots and had a shooting percentage of 9.9%. For last season, they tallied 94 points and their points percentage was .573. The Islanders had 2,686 shots attempted against them and held a save percentage of .904. New York accounted for 231 power play chances and notched 47 goals out of those attempts, garnering them a percentage of 20.35%.

The player between the pipes for this game is Ilya Sorokin. Over the course of his career, Sorokin has accounted for 128 quality starts and his rate for quality starts is .681. His save percentage currently is at .919 during his 11,257 mins on the ice. Sorokin has had 5,866 shots taken against him and he has 5,390 saves. The opposition has scored 476 goals versus Sorokin in his NHL career and his goals against average per contest is 2.54. He has compiled an overall record of 95-65-30 and got the start in 188 games. Sorokin has played in 192 contests during his pro hockey career.

The last time they were on the ice, Colorado squared up with the Golden Knights in an outing where the Avalanche were on the wrong end of the score by a tally of 8-4. The Avalanche scored 4 goals out of the 32 shots on goal they pursued. They had 3 power play chances in this game and netted 1 out of those chances.

Last season, the Colorado Avalanche had a total of 302 goals, 107 points, and a points percentage of .652. They permitted 252 goals to be scored by of a combination of 199 goals at even strength and 53 goals while they had less men on the ice. The Avalanche earned 234 goals at even strength and 68 goals (2nd in pro hockey) while having a power play advantage. They had a tally of 278 power play opportunities and they have accumulated a power play rate of 24.46%. Colorado has tried 2,705 shots (5th in the NHL) and accumulated a shooting percentage of 11.16%, while allowing the other team 2,444 shots. They had a penalty kill rate of 79.92% on their opposition's 264 tries on the power play, and their save percentage was 89.7%.

Across the ice you are likely to see Alexandar Georgiev defending the goal. His opponents are averaging 2.85 goals/game and he has surrendered 682 goals altogether. Georgiev's quality start percentage is 52.7% and he has qualified for 127 quality starting assignments in his professional career. He has been a starter 241 contests and has played for a total of 14,339 mins. Georgiev is the owner of a lifetime mark of 136-82-22 and has been in net for 254 games. He has racked up 6,740 saves out of the 7,422 shots tried, which gives him a rate of .908.

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

Josh's Pick: Take New York

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