Colorado Avalanche vs Edmonton Oilers Prediction, Preview and Odds - 04/09/2022

Game Time: 10:00 pm ET, Saturday, April 9, 2022

Venue:  Rogers Place, Edmonton, AB

Where to Watch:  CBC

DraftKings:  Moneyline:  Avalanche -145, Oilers +120; Over/Under:  6.5 goals

Bet365:  Moneyline:  Avalanche -145, Oilers +120; Over/Under:  6.5 goals

BetMGM:  Moneyline:  Avalanche -145, Oilers +120; Over/Under:  6.5 goals

 

Colorado Avalanche:  50-14-6 (1st place, Central Division)

Edmonton Oilers:  41-25-5 (2nd place, Pacific Division)

 

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Colorado Avalanche:  8-1-1 last 10

Edmonton Oilers:  7-2-1 last 10

 

 

 

The Avalanche are coming into this game with 106 points, a 50-14-6 record overall, and they are 22-10-3 in their road games this regular season where they will be in this game. They have won 5 of their last 6 games and are coming into this one on a 4 game winning streak. Their last loss was against the Minnesota Wild while their 5 wins in that span came against the Philadelphia Flyers, the Calgary Flames, the San Jose Sharks, and the Pittsburgh Penguins in their last 2 games. They won their last game against the Penguins on the road 6-4. They still have a game against the Winnipeg Jets on Friday night that needs to be played first so this will be the 2nd leg of a back-to-back for them on Saturday night. In their last game against the Penguins, Nathan MacKinnon scored 2 goals in that game while J. T. Compher, Darren Helm, Artturi Lehkonen, and Josh Manson each scored 1 goal in that one. Cale Makar led the team in shots on net in that game with 6. Darcy Kuemper was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 4 goals on 45 shots with 41 saves and a .911 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 268 goals this season averaging 3.8 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 193 goals against them allowing 2.8 goals per game. 

 

 

The Oilers are coming into this game with 89 points, a 42-25-5 record overall, and they are 23-12-0 in their home games this regular season where they will be in this game. They have won 7 of their last 8 games and are coming into this one on a 6 game winning streak. Their last loss was against the Calgary Flames while their 7 wins in that span came against the San Jose Sharks, the Arizona Coyotes, the Los Angeles Kings, the St. Louis Blues, the Anaheim Ducks, the Sharks again, and the Kings again in their last game. They won that game on the road 3-2. Evan Bouchard, Connor McDavid, and Warren Foegele each scored 1 goal in that one. Connor McDavid led the team in shots on net in that game with 4. Mike Smith was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 2 goals on 33 shots with 31 saves and a .939 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 254 goals this season averaging 3.5 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 228 goals against them allowing 3.2 goals per game. 

 

 

The Avalanche are coming into this game playing very well in their recent games. They have won 4 straight games and 5 of their last 6 with most of those wins coming by multiple goals. The Avalanche currently lead the NHL in points this season and they have been scoring a lot of goals in their recent games. They are going up against an Oilers team that has also been playing very well recently with 6 wins straight. They have not been playing great in their last 2 games though and their wins have been getting much closer with their last 2 wins coming by 1 goal. They even had to go to OT to beat the Sharks and their streak looks like it is starting to fade. The Avalanche are a tough team to stop with their scoring and the Oilers have not really played anyone in their last 3 games who can score like the Avalanche can. The Avalanche will find a way to win this game on the road and will do it by outscoring the Oilers in this game.

 

Avalanche Oilers Prediction:  Our NHL Pick for Saturday, April 9, 2022 (10:00 pm ET start time) is Avalanche 5 Oilers 3.

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Colorado Avalanche: 146-75 (+21.8u) on the moneyline in all games. 43-24 (+8.2u) on the moneyline in a road game where where the total is 6 or more. 37-28 OVER in all games.

Edmonton Oilers: 6-13 (-11u) on the moneyline off 2 or more consecutive road wins. 27-30 (-8.3u) on the moneyline off a road win. 22-11 OVER in a home game where the total is 6 or more.

 

 

Colorado Avalanche:  V. Nichushkin (RW) Prob Fri - Illness. S. Girard (D) Prob Fri - Lower Body injury. N. Kadri (C) Early May - Upper Body injury. R. Murray (D) Out indefinitely - Hand injury. G. Landeskog (LW) Early May - Knee injury.

Edmonton Oilers:  J. Archibald (RW) Out indefinitely - Illness.

 

 

 

“I’m sure it’s fun for Nate and Sid. But it’s not just Nate versus Sid. It’s our whole lineup against their whole lineup.” - Jared Bednar after his team’s win against the Penguins on Saturday night.

 

 

“I can just tell you that all the offensive numbers that you see in there, they’re stunning. He’s driving us forward with his offense, but he’s also driving it with his attention to detail on the defensive side of things.” - Jay Woodcroft on Connor McDavid in their win against the Kings on Thursday night.

 

 

 

LW Burakovsky, André

C Nathan MacKinnon

RW Rantanen, Mikko

LD Girard, Samuel

RD Makar, Cale

G Kuemper, Darcy

 

LW Kane, Evander

C McDavid, Connor

RW Puljujärvi, Jesse

LD Nurse, Darnell

RD Ceci, Cody

G Smith, Mike

 

 

Points: M. Rantanen (84)

Goals: M. Rantanen (35)

Assists: N. Kadri (57)

GAA: D. Kuemper (2.40)

 

Points: C. McDavid (106)

Goals: L. Draisaitl (50)

Assists: C. McDavid (65)

GAA: M. Koskinen (3.10)

 

Coaches:

Colorado Avalanche: Jared Bednar (6th season)

Edmonton Oilers: Jay Woodcroft (Interim)