Colorado Avalanche vsMinnesota Wild Prediction
The Colorado Avalanche are slight 54 percent favorites over the Minnesota Wild. The Avalanche are favored by AccuScore simulations partly because they have a +3 edge in shots on goal and are projected for 33 shots on goal vs 30 shots for the Wild. The Wild goalie(s) have the edge in save percentage at 89.5% compared to the Avalanche goalie(s) who have a forecasted save percentage of 89.1%. KEY PLAYER STATISTICAL DATA --- SAVES: Alexandar Georgiev 26, Marc-Andre Fleury 29 SHOTS: Nathan MacKinnon 5.1, Kirill Kaprizov 3.8 GOALS: Mikko Rantanen 0.66, Kirill Kaprizov 0.78 PTS: Nathan MacKinnon has a 67% chance of scoring at least 1 point and Kirill Kaprizov has a 59% chance of 1+PTs