Colorado at New Jersey

The New Jersey Devils damaged their playoff hopes with a 4-1 home loss to San Jose on Sunday. The Devils have now lost five of their last eight games and they are 1-8 their last nine home contests. Cory Schneider made 34 saves against the Sharks, who outshot the Devils 38-22. New Jersey has had trouble finding any consistency as the loss followed two wins over Columbus and Buffalo. Colorado has won the last six meetings and nine of the last 10 overall and four of the last five at New Jersey. Schneider is 17-16-8 with a 2.67 goals-against average and .912 save percentage. The Avalanche are having a tough season and has suffered with too many penalties recently, but there is value in this matchup. Play the Avalanche.