Colorado Avalanche vs Vegas Golden Knights Prediction, 4/14/2024 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Avalanche vs Vegas Golden Knights

Date: Sunday, April 14, 2024

Location: T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, NV

TV: Vegas 34

The Vegas Golden Knights (42-28-8) will try to beat the Colorado Avalanche (49-24-6) at T-Mobile Arena on Sunday.

The Colorado Avalanche had a good night with a 5-2 win against the Wild their last time out. The Avalanche had a great offensive game plan going into this one and it showed in the win. In the matchup, they were able to notch a goal on 5 of the 32 shots they put on net. Moreover, they had 4 chances with extra men on the ice and scored 1 goal. Colorado accumulated 10 penalty minutes in this contest.

In reference to scoring goals, the Colorado Avalanche have notched 294 goals (1st in the NHL) over the course of the season and have surrendered 240. For the current campaign, they have 104 points and their points percentage comes in at .658. Colorado has 272 power play chances and they have scored 67 goals out of those tries, giving them a percentage of 24.63%. At even strength, the Avalanche have conceded 192 goals while scoring 227 when they are on offense. Colorado has taken 2,624 shots and holds a shooting percentage of 11.2%. The Avalanche have seen 2,362 shots tried against them and have earned a save percentage of .898. Colorado Avalanche opponents have 256 power play tries (6th in the NHL) and have earned 48 goals in those attempts.

The man in goal for this game is Alexandar Georgiev. From the beginning of his pro career to now, Georgiev has 127 quality starts and his quality starts rate sits at .531. His save percentage currently sits at .909 in his 14,262 minutes played. Georgiev has seen 7,377 shot attempts taken against him and has recorded 6,703 saves. The opposition has scored 674 goals against Georgiev in his pro hockey career and his goals against average per contest is 2.84. He has a win-loss mark of 136-81-21 and was named the starter in 239 games. Georgiev has been in net for 252 contests over the course of his professional hockey career.

In their last game, Vegas went up against the Oilers in a game where the Golden Knights ended up taking the loss by a mark of 5-1. They had 1 power play attempt in this game but didn't score a goal. The Golden Knights notched 1 goal of the 18 shots on goal they attempted.

The Golden Knights have accumulated 202 goals at even strength and 46 goals (20th in professional hockey) while on the power play. Vegas has taken 2,418 shots (16th in hockey) and has earned a shooting percentage of 10.26%, while allowing the other team 2,390 shots. On the season, the Vegas Golden Knights have 248 goals, 92 points, and a points percentage of .590. They have permitted 233 goals to be scored by way of 191 goals at even strength and 42 goals while they were shorthanded. They have recorded 241 opportunities on the power play and they have earned a power play percentage of 19.09%. They have recorded a penalty kill rate of 79.71% on their opponents 207 chances on the power play, and their save percentage currently sits at 90.3%.

For the opposition you are expected to see Logan Thompson between the pipes. Opponents are averaging 2.70 goals per game and he has relinquished 261 goals overall. Thompson's quality start rate is 57.0% and he has 53 quality starting assignments in his NHL career. He got the starting nod in 93 games and his ice time sits at 5,803 mins. Thompson has amassed a lifetime mark of 54-32-11 and has played in 101 games. He has recorded 2,690 saves out of the 2,951 shots tried, which gives him a save % of .912.

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

Tony's Pick: Take Colorado

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