The Edmonton Oilers (48-23-9) tackle the Colorado Avalanche (49-24-6) Tuesday at Ball Area. Puck drop is scheduled for 9:30 p.m. (ESPN). Beneath, we analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s traces across the Oilers vs. Avalanche odds, and make our skilled NHL picks and predictions.
Edmonton is 8-1-1 over the past 10 video games because it ends the season decided to slay the ghosts of playoffs previous. The Oilers are the 2nd seed, 1 level forward of Colorado and a couple of factors behind Vegas for the highest spot. Edmonton would win the tiebreaker with VGK with 8 extra regulation wins. So in the event that they win this sport outright, they’re the highest seed within the West.
The Avs want some extent on this sport to clinch the Central Division crown as soon as once more. If they’ll win outright, they’ll knock Edmonton all the way down to the third seed, and the Avs would tackle the LA Kings within the 1st spherical because the 2-seed as an alternative of the Seattle Kraken. The Avs are 9-1-0 within the final 10, and this one must be enjoyable.
Oilers at Avalanche odds
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- Moneyline (ML): Oilers -120 (wager $120 to win $100) | Avalanche +100 (wager $100 to win $100)
- Puck line (PL)/Towards the unfold (ATS): Oilers -1.5 (+195) | Avalanche +1.5 (-250)
- Over/Beneath (O/U): 6.5 (O: -130 | U: +105)
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Oilers at Avalanche projected goalies
Stuart Skinner (27-14-5, 2.80 GAA, .912 SV%, 1 SO) vs. Alexandar Georgiev (38-16-5, 2.54 GAA, .919 SV%, 5 SO)
The 24-year-old Skinner went 10-1-1 with a 2.83 GAA in March and has not cooled off. In 2 April begins, he’s 2-0 with a .955 SV%. He has allowed 2 targets within the final 3 begins mixed. Skinner confronted the Avs in Edmonton in January and suffered a 3-2 time beyond regulation defeat. He stopped 43 of 46 photographs.
Georgiev is 4-0 with a 2.47 GAA and .919 SV% in 4 April begins. He stopped 38 of 41 photographs in a 4-3 win on the LA Kings Saturday. Georgiev is 2-0 with a 3.31 GAA and .900 SV%. He’s the epitome of the bend-but-don’t-break goalie.
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Oilers at Avalanche picks and predictions
Prediction
Oilers 4, Avalanche 2
Moneyline
C Connor McDavid is on a mission. He turned the sixth participant in NHL historical past and 1st participant since Mario Lemieux 27 years in the past to succeed in 150 factors in a season. The Oilers will want and obtain an enormous sport from the eventual Hart Trophy winner. The Oilers are hungrier.
Take the OILERS -120.
Puck line/Towards the unfold
The Oilers are 45-35 on the puck line and 24-16 on the street. Six of their final 8 wins have been by a number of targets.
Colorado has crushed them 6 straight occasions, 9 of 10, and the final 3 have been in time beyond regulation. It is a revenge sport for McDavid & Co., and Colorado actually doesn’t have as a lot on the road.
Take the OILERS -1.5 (+195) for a HALF UNIT.
Over/Beneath
This one can go both method, however with the playoff ambiance, I’m going to aspect with the Beneath.
Edmonton is 4-4-2 O/U over the past 10, and 5 of the final 9 conferences the final 2 years went Beneath this complete.
LEAN UNDER 6.5 (+105), though a go can be comprehensible.
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