Colorado Avalanche vs Seattle Kraken Prediction, Preview and Odds - 04/20/2022

Game Time: 10:00 pm ET, Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Venue:  Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA

Where to Watch:  ROOT Sports NW

DraftKings:  Moneyline:  Avalanche -350, Kraken +290; Over/Under:  6.5 goals

Bet365:  Moneyline:  Avalanche -350, Kraken +260; Over/Under:  6.5 goals

BetMGM:  Moneyline:  AAvalanche -350, Kraken +260; Over/Under:  6.5 goals

 

Colorado Avalanche:  55-15-6 (1st place, Central Division)

Seattle Kraken:  25-44-6 (8th place, Pacific Division)

 

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Colorado Avalanche:  9-1-0 last 10

Seattle Kraken:  5-5-0 last 10

 

 

 

The Avalanche are coming into this game with 116 points, a 55-15-6 record overall, and they are 24-10-3 in their road games this regular season where they will be in this game. They have won 9 of their last 10 games but are coming into this one off of a loss in their last game which snapped a 9 game winning streak that they were on. Their 9 wins in that span were against the Calgary Flames, the San Jose Sharks, the Pittsburgh Penguins twice, the Winnipeg Jets, the Edmonton Oilers, the Los Angeles Kings, the New Jersey Devils, and the Carolina Hurricanes while their loss came against the Washington Capitals in their last game. They lost that game at home 3-2. Artturi Lehkonen and Valeri Nichushkin each scored the 1 goal for them in that one. Artturi Lehkonen led the team in shots on net in that game with 5. Darcy Kuemper was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 3 goals on 27 shots with 24 saves and a .889 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 296 goals this season averaging 3.9 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 209 goals against them allowing 2.8 goals per game. 

 

 

The Kraken are coming into this game with 56 points, a 25-44-6 record overall, and they are 14-21-3 in their home games this regular season where they will be in this game. They are coming into this game on a 2 game winning streak. Their last loss was against the Calgary Flames while their 2 wins since then have come against the New Jersey Devils and the Ottawa Senators in their last game. They won that game at home 4-2. Victor Rask, Matty Beniers, Jared McCann, and Daniel Sprong each scored 1 goal in that one. Jared McCann led the team in shots on net in that game with 6. Chris Driedger was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 2 goals on 14 shots with 12 saves and a .857 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 197 goals this season averaging 2.6 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 260 goals against them allowing 3.5 goals per game. 

 

 

The Kraken have been playing much better coming into this game as they have won their last 2 straight but they have also been playing against teams at the bottom of the standings and they are getting an Avalanche team in this game that is currently leading the NHL in points. The Avalanche are going to be hungry for a bounce back win here as they are coming off of a loss at home in their last game and that loss snapped a 9 game win streak for them. That loss also stunted them from tying their franchise record for most points in a single season as they are just 2 points away from tying it and they likely come out flying in this game to make sure they get that done against such a bad team this season. Prior to their loss in their last game, the Avalanche were scoring a lot of goals and they were dusting teams in their games, winning most of them by 3 or more goals but not allowing many either. They will be determined to win this game and tie their franchise record as they are on pace to break it. The best bet in this game is on the Avalanche puckline for a bounce back win.

 

Avalanche Kraken Prediction:  Our NHL Pick for Wednesday, April 20, 2022 (10:00 pm ET start time) is Avalanche 7 Kraken 2.

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Colorado Avalanche: 151-76 (+24.8 Units) ML in all games. 45-24 (+10.2 Units) ML in a road game where the total is 6 or more. 12-7 OVER after 1 or more consecutive losses.

Seattle Kraken: 25-50 (-23 Units) ML in all games. 4-10 (-8.1 Units) ML after a win by 2 goals or more. 41-29 OVER in all games.

 

 

Colorado Avalanche:  A. Cogliano (C) Ques Wed - Undisclosed injury. E. Johnson (D) Ques Wed - Undisclosed injury. D. Toews (D) Late April - Undisclosed injury. N. Kadri (C) Late April - Upper Body injury. R. Murray (D) Out indefinitely - Hand injury. G. Landeskog (LW) Early May - Knee injury.

Seattle Kraken:  J. Schwartz (LW) Out indefinitely - Upper Body injury. B. Tanev (LW) out for season - Knee injury.

 

 

 

“I liked our competitiveness. I didn’t like our execution. We didn’t have the puck enough in my opinion. We didn’t get on the attack enough, but it was a hard-fought game. Some of those games, you've got to just grind through it. They’re checking you hard. They’re not giving you a lot of space. They had really good sticks and you've got to just find a way to get enough to win. That’s where that game was going.” - Jared Bednar on his team’s loss against the Capitals on Monday night.

 

 

“We made a couple mistakes with the puck early in the second period, and that leads to opportunities in a hurry when you give them those types of chances. That’s what happened to give them momentum. We did a good job pushing back on it, and Beniers’ goal was an important goal. It made us feel good again and got us going in the right direction.” - Dave Hakstol on his team’s win against the Senators on Monday night.

 

 

 

LW Burakovsky, André

C Nathan MacKinnon

RW Rantanen, Mikko

LD Johnson, Jack

RD Makar, Cale

G Kuemper, Darcy

 

LW McCann, Jared

C Gourde, Yanni

RW Kuhlman, Karson

LD Dunn, Vince

RD Larsson, Adam

G Driedger, Chris

 

 

Points: M. Rantanen (91)

Goals: M. Rantanen (36)

Assists: N. Kadri (57)

GAA: D. Kuemper (2.43)

 

Points: J. McCann (44)

Goals: J. McCann (26)

Assists: V. Dunn (27)

GAA: C. Driedger (3.05)

 

Coaches:

Colorado Avalanche: Jared Bednar (6th season)

Seattle Kraken: Dave Hakstol (1st season)