Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche Prediction 1/20/25 NHL Picks

The Minnesota Wild and Colorado Avalanche meet Monday in NHL action at the Ball Arena. Here’s a Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche Prediction. This article will include a Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche Pick.

Minnesota Wild Betting Preview

The Minnesota Wild lost to the Oilers and Predators, and they play the Utah Hockey Club, Flames, and Blackhawks next. The Minnesota Wild are averaging 2.93 goals per game and are scoring 19.7 percent of their power play opportunities. Kirill Kaprizov leads Minnesota with 23 goals, Marco Rossi has 23 assists and Matt Boldy has 161 shots on goal. Defensively, the Minnesota Wild are allowing 2.85 goals per game and are killing 70.8 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Filip Gustavsson has allowed 78 goals on 911 shots faced, and Marc-Andre Fleury has given up 38 goals on 403 shots.

Colorado Avalanche Betting Preview 

The Colorado Avalanche lost to the Oilers, beat the Stars, and they play the Jets, Bruins, and Rangers next. The Colorado Avalanche are averaging 3.36 goals per game and are scoring on 21.1 percent of their power play opportunities. Mikko Rantanen leads Colorado with 25 goals, Nathan MacKinnon has 56 assists and Cale Maker has 140 shots on goal. Defensively, the Colorado Avalanche are allowing 3.11 goals per game and are killing 78.7 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Alexandar Georgiev has allowed 53 goals on 421 shots faced, while Justus Annunen has given up 28 goals on 218 shots.

Why the Colorado Avalanche will win

• The Avalanche have won each of their last nine day games against opponents on a losing streak.
• The Wild have lost six of their last seven games at Ball Arena.
• The Wild have failed to cover the puck line in each of their last four games as underdogs.
• The Avalanche have covered the puck line in four of their last five home games against Western Conference opponents.
• The Wild have lost the third period in each of their last five games at Ball Arena following a road loss.

Why the Minnesota Wild will win

• The Avalanche have lost each of their last three games as favorites following a home win.
• The Wild have won five of their last six road games following a road loss.
• The Avalanche have failed to cover the puck line in each of their last five games following a win.
• The Wild have covered the puck line in each of their last four road games following a road loss.
• The Wild have won the second period in five of their last six road games following a road loss.

Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche Injury Report

The Colorado Avalanche will be without Valeri Nichushkin, Gabriel Landeskog, Oliver Kylington, Miles Wood, Sean Behrens, and Tucker Poolman.

The Minnesota Wild will be without Jonas Brodie, Jared Spurgeon, Kirill Kapizov, Marcus Johansson, and Troy Grosenick.

Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche Prediction

The Minnesota Wild are worth a look in the underdog role, considering they’re 16-5-3 on the road this season. The problem is, that the Wild are in awful form, losing their last three games and allowing a combined 15 goals. The Wild have allowed four or more goals in five of their last six games. Not ideal when playing the Avs at home. Heck, the Wild are well aware, as they’ve lost seven of the last eight games against the Avalanche and have allowed five or more goals in four of those games. This is also an early start for the West Coast, and weird early starts usually favor the home team. I have to roll with the Avalanche on Monday, and of course, I’ll lay the PL to shave down the juice.