Seattle Kraken vs Colorado Avalanche Prediction, Preview and Odds - 04/30/2023

Game Time: 9:30 pm ET, Sunday, April 30, 2023

Venue:  Ball Arena, Denver, CO

Where to Watch:  TNT

DraftKings:  Moneyline:  Kraken +180, Avalanche -210; Over/Under:  6 goals

Bet365:  Moneyline:  Kraken +180, Avalanche -220; Over/Under:  6 goals

BetMGM:  Moneyline:  Kraken +180, Avalanche -210; Over/Under:  6 goals

Seattle Kraken:  46-28-8 (4th place, Pacific Division)

Colorado Avalanche:  51-24-7 (1st place, Central Division)

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Seattle Kraken:  5-5-0 last 10

Colorado Avalanche:  6-2-2 last 10

The Kraken are entering this game finishing the regular season with 100 points, a 46-28-8 record overall, and they were 26-11-4 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game off of a loss against the Colorado Avalanche in their last game, losing that one at home 4-1. Vince Dunn scored the only goal for them in that game and it was unassisted. Jaden Schwartz led the team in shots on net in that game with 4. Philipp Grubauer was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 3 goals on 38 shots with 35 saves and a .921 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 289 goals this season averaging 3.5 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 256 goals against them allowing 3.1 goals per game.

The Avalanche are entering this game finishing the regular season with 109 points, a 51-24-7 record overall, and they were 22-13-6 in their home games this regular season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game off of a win against the Seattle Kraken in their last game, winning that one on the road 4-1. Artturi Lehkonen scored 2 goals while Mikko Rantanen and Erik Johnson each scored 1 goal in that game. Devon Toews led the team in assists with 3 while Nathan MacKinnon led the team in shots on net in that game with 7. Alexandar Georgiev was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 1 goal on 23 shots with 22 saves and a .957 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 280 goals this season averaging 3.4 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 226 goals against them allowing 2.8 goals per game.

The current betting odds have the Avalanche listed as a huge favorite in this game according to Draftkings Sportsbook. This is game 7 of a 7-game series between the Kraken and the Avalanche for the 1st round of the NHL Western Conference playoffs. This series is all tied up 3-3 so this will be the final game of this series with the winner moving on to the next round of the playoffs to face the Dallas Stars who have already punched their ticket through. The Avalanche were on the brink of elimination as they were down 3-2 in the series going into Seattle, but the defending Stanley Cup champions used all of that playoff experience to dig in deep and pull off a road win to force game 7 back in Colorado. The Avalanche have all the momentum with them now going back home and they are still the defending champions so they are not going to go down easy on home ice. The Kraken have also been without their top goal scorer Jared McCann and it really showed in their last game as they lost on home ice 4-1. The Kraken have done a really good job to extend this series as long as they could but now it is time for the defending Stanley Cup champions to step up here on home ice and they will use their experience from last year to end this series here. The best way to place a bet here is on the Avalanche to win this game and on the puckline.

Kraken Avalanche Prediction:  Our NHL Pick for Sunday, April 30, 2023 (9:30 pm ET start time) is Avalanche 4 Kraken 2.

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Seattle Kraken: 76-94 (-10 units) on the moneyline in all games. 6-18 (-12.2 units) on the moneyline in a road game where the total is 5.5. 5-1 UNDER in the first round of the playoffs. 22-11 UNDER after allowing 4 goals or more.

Colorado Avalanche: 25-9 (+9.8 units) on the moneyline in a home game where the total is 5.5. 48-16 (+15.9 units) on the moneyline after allowing 1 goal or less in their previous game. 29-19 UNDER after 1 or more consecutive unders. 6-0 UNDER in a home game where the total is 5.5.

Seattle Kraken:  J. McCann (LW) Ques Sun - Undisclosed. A. Burakovsky (LW) Out indefinitely - Lower Body. J. Hayden (C) out for season - Lower Body. J. Donskoi (RW) Out indefinitely - Concussion.

Colorado Avalanche:  J. Manson (D) Ques Sun - Lower Body. V. Nichushkin (RW) Ques Sun - Personal. G. Landeskog (LW) out for season - Knee. D. Helm (LW) Ques Sun - Lower Body. 

“It's a new opportunity for this group and we've been a good road team all year. That's been a strength of this team. We've got nothing to lose.” - Jordan Eberle after their loss against the Avalanche in their game on Friday, game 6 of this series.

“We reiterated it after the game. Any time we’ve had adversity, we’ve said we’re going to take it one step at a time and go right at it. Huge character win for us tonight, hopefully gave a lot of guys confidence in terms of what we’re able to do out there.” - Cale Makar after their win against the Kraken in their game on Friday, game 6 of this series. 

LW Kartye, Tye

C Beniers, Matthew

RW Eberle, Jordan

LD Dunn, Vince

RD Larsson, Adam

G Grubauer, Philipp

LW Lehkonen, Artturi

C MacKinnon, Nathan

RW Rantanen, Mikko

LD Toews, Devon

RD Makar, Cale

G Georgiev, Alexandar

Points: J. McCann (70)

Goals: J. McCann (40)

Assists: V. Dunn (50)

GAA: P. Grubauer (2.85)

Points: N. MacKinnon (111)

Goals: M. Rantanen (55)

Assists: N. MacKinnon (69)

GAA: A. Georgiev (2.53)

Coaches:

Seattle Kraken: Dave Hakstol (2nd season)

Colorado Avalanche: Jared Bednar (7th season)