Colorado Avalanche vs Buffalo Sabres Prediction, Pick and Preview, February 19 (2/19): NHL

Colorado Avalanche vs Buffalo Sabres Prediction, Pick and Preview, February 19 (2/19): NHL

Credit: photo by Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports

 
Odds
Time 1:05 p.m. EST
Avalanche money line -360
Avalanche spread -1.5 (-140)
Sabres Knights money line +280
Sabres Knights spread +1.5 (+120)
Over / under 6

 

2021-2022 season stats
  Colorado Avalanche Buffalo Sabres
Record 35-9-4 16-25-8
Road / home record 14-6-2 8-13-4
Streak W1 L1
Goals per game 3.96 2.65
Goals allowed per game 2.79 3.45
Shots per game 35.20 29.10
Shots allowed per game 30.60 34.60
PP % 24.00% 19.85%
PK % 22.76% 23.88%
Over / under record 27-17-4 24-24-1

 

Preview

The Colorado Avalanche travel to the state of New York to visit the Buffalo Sabres. These teams met in January and the Avs dominated the Sabres at Colorado 4-1. 

COLORADO AVALANCHE

Colorado are having a great season, they have won 13 of their last 15 games and are on a 6 game winning streak on the road. Rantanen leads the Avalanche with 25 goals and has 56 points. Gabriel Landeskog has nine goals and three assists over the last 10 games.

The Avs are 8-1-1 in their last 10 games and are averaging 3.1 goals, 5.3 assists, 3.5 penalties and 7.6 penalty minutes while allowing 1.7 goals per game with a .942 save percentage.

Jeff Skinner leads the Sabres with 34 points, scoring 20 goals and collecting 14 assists. Alex Tuch has 12 points over the last 10 games for Buffalo.

BUFFALO SABRES

Buffalo have been the opposite of Colorado and playing terrible at home as they have lost 11 of their last 13 games. The Sabres have given up 32 power-play goals, killing 76.1% of opponent opportunities.

In their last 10 games the Sabres are 4-5-1, averaging 3.1 goals, 5.1 assists, 4.1 penalties and 10.4 penalty minutes while giving up 3.4 goals per game with a .903 save percentage.

BETTING TRENDS

Colorado are 13-2 in their last 15 games.

Colorado are 14-3 vs teams with a losing record this season.

Buffalo are 6-14 in their last 20 games.

Buffalo are 2-11 in their last 13 games at home.

Buffalo are 3-13 vs teams with a winning record.

Prediction

These teams are heading into different directions and the Avs have dominated the Sabres. Buffalo don't perform well against teams with winning records and they're allowing almost 4 goals per game while Colorado are scoring 4 gpg. Take the Avalanche to get another easy win vs Buffalo.

PICK: Avalance -1.5 (-140)

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