NHL Playoffs Betting Preview:
Free NHL Picks and Predictions on this St. Louis Blues vs Colorado Avalanche Game 1. Hey, it’s Johnny Kent back here your sports betting preview on this 2021 Stanley Cup First Round matchup. The puck drops this Monday May 17th, 2021 at 10:30pm et at the Ball Arena in Colorado. The DraftKings hockey odds have the Avalanche as -250 favorites and the over/under at 5.5 total goals. These teams faced each other 8 times total this season, twice right at the start followed up by six times in April. Colorado won 5 out those 8 games and scored an average of 3.25 goals compared to St. Louis’s 2.63 goals.
The Avalanche come into this best of seven series as the current Stanley Cup favorites to win it all at +450 while this Blues are +2500. Everyone betting this series thinks Colorado will most likely take care of business and move onto the next round, but in the back of their mind they still remember the red hot run the Blues went on in 2019 to holst the Stanley Cup. The Avalanche have the best offense in the league that scores an average of 3.52 goals per game with five players who put up over 40 points this season. Colorado is ranked 3rd in defense compared to St. Louis being 20th. The Avalanche also have an advantage at goaltender with Phillipp Grubauer compared to Jordan Binnington.
St. Louis is 8-4 straight up in their last 12 games and the total has gone under in 5 of the Blues last 7 games.
Colorado is 9-0 straight up in their last 9 games at home and the total has gone under in 4 of the Avalanches last 6 games.
Blues vs Avalanche Game 1 Prediction
In this St Louis Blues vs Colorado Avalanche NHL Playoff Game One going this Monday Night, we’re rolling the Blues Team Total to go over the 2 goals and laying that -130 price.
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