The Seattle Kraken (5-7-1) and Colorado avalanche (5-7-0) meet Tuesday night in Denver. The opening faceoff at Ball Arena takes place at 9 p.m. (ESPN+). Let's analyze the 24/7 NHL odds from BetMGM Sportsbook Kraken vs Avalanche Opportunities and meet our NHL expert picks and predictions.

Season series: Colorado leads 1-0

Seattle played Saturday and Sunday, losing games to the Ottawa Senators (3-0) and Boston Bruins (2-0). The Kraken have lost three straight games in a road trip that began last Tuesday. In those three losses, Seattle went 9-1.

Colorado has also lost three straight games. The Avalanche were outscored by the same score (5-2) in each of those three games and allowed a miserable 4.25 goals per game overall. This average ranks last in the NHL.

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Kraken at Avalanche odds

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• Money line: Kraken +145 (Bet $100 to Win $145) | Avalanche -175 (Bet $175 to win $100)
• Puck Line (PL)/Against the Spread (ATS): Kraken +1.5 (-160) | Avalanche -1.5 (+135)
• Over/Under (O/U): 6.5 (O: +100 | U: -120)

Kraken at Avalanche projected goalie

Philipp Grubauer (1-4-0, 2.89 GAA, .886 SV%) vs. Alexandra Georgiev (1-4-0, 4.62 GAA, 0.822 SV%)

Grubauer played on Saturday when he made 20 saves against 22 shots in a 3-0 loss at Ottawa. The former Avalanche goaltender (2018-21) was a slow starter throughout his career. He has posted a .900 SV% in 43 career October games and a .893 mark in 41 career November contests. Grubauer owns a career .911 SV% or better every other month.

Georgiev has only played in one game since October 18th. He has allowed at least three goals in each of his six appearances this season.

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Kraken at Avalanche tips and predictions

forecast

Kraken 3, Avalanche 2

Money line

These clubs met on October 22nd in Seattle and the Avs won 3-2. G Justus Annunen was Colorado's goaltender in this game and was able to reliably stop 25 of 27 pucks. This contest was part of a 3-0-0 road trip through Colorado, and that trip is pretty much the only non-bad goaltending the Avalanche have gotten in a month.

But the rested Georgiev and the Avs are the better players in Tuesday's home game against the Kraken. Puck possession numbers, scoring chances and high-hanger comparisons all point to better days ahead for Colorado.

And the Avs face a Seattle club that has taken just 22.4 shots per game in its last five games. The Kraken's power play has been empty in five of the team's last six games.

Take the Avalanche (-175).

Puck Line/Against the Spread

No interest here: HAPPEN.

Over/Under

The previous meeting in Seattle featured the shorthanded (6.5) and the shorthanded is 7-2-1 in their last 10 series games.

Even-strength expected goals analysis is pessimistic for Seattle's offense and optimistic for Colorado's defense (at least to the point that the Avs would merely be below average).

TAKE UNDER 6.5 (-120).

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