Nashville at Colorado

The last matchup between these teams resulted in eight goals and we expect another high-scoring affair here. At home Colorado scores 3.3 per game. On the road Nashville gets 3.0 per game and they are averaging 4.4 per game over their last five games. At home Colorado likes to play in shootouts, especially against good teams. The Avs are 42-28 OVER the past two seasons vs. winning opponents. Colorado is also 9-3 this season off a low scoring game (4 or fewer goals) as they tend not to play in back-to-back low-scoring games. Nashville is 24-14 OVEr the past two seasons following three straight wins. Colorado is a solid home team that rarely gets blown out here. They have only lost by 2+ goals here three times out of their last fifteen at home and the competition included some very good teams (Detroit, Dallas, Anaheim). The Avalanche are 09-2 this season off a road loss. And, road teams off two consecutive road wins lose outright 65% of the time in the NHL. We'll back Colorado here plus the one and a half goals.