NHL Sports Betting Vancouver at Colorado

Mar 04, 2008 | By Stan Leung | Picks Articles Archive

NHL Sports Betting

Vancouver Canucks (+130) at Colorado Avalanche (-150)
Tuesday, March 04 2008 - 9:30 PM EST
Avalanche -150

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Peter Forsberg will make his long awaited debut on the ice tonight as they host the Vancouver Canucks at the Pepsi Center. Colorado, tied with Nashville and Vancouver for the final two playoff spots in the West, halted a four-game home losing streak with the win. The Avs are 19-11-2 at the Pepsi Center this year. With the comeback of Forsberg he will make definite contribution to the team. Forsberg's return will help compensate for the losses of Ryan Smyth and Marek Svatos, who were both injured in Saturday's 5-2 victory over Los Angeles.

The Vancouver Canucks don’t know what they are doing these days. Their team captain and six million dollar man Marcus Naslund is not scoring like a 6 million dollar man should and Vancouver only has the Sedin twins to light the lamp. SBG Global online sportsbook sddsmakers currently have the Avalanche listed as 150-moneyline favorites versus the Canucks, while the game's total is sitting at 5½.

Bottom Line: One of the best players to ever play the game is back and he always writes his own story and the crowd will be jacked for his return. Colorado has won its last three games against Vancouver, five of eight and eight of the last 13. The Avs have won four of their last six against the Canucks at the Pepsi Center. Avs goaltender Jose Theodore is 2-0-1 with a 1.94 goals-against average versus the Canucks this season, with all of those starts coming on the road.

NHL Betting wise, why would you place a bet against Peter Forsberg? Take the Under bet in this game as well.

Look for a goaltending duel tonight between Roberto Luongo and Jose Theodore for an under bet and a Avs win on the money line

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A few trends to consider:

The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Vancouver's last 6 games when playing on the road against Colorad
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Vancouver's last 7 games when playing Colorado
Vancouver is 8-15 SU in its last 23 games Vancouver is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Colorado's last 6 games when playing at home against Vancouver
Colorado is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Colorado's last 7 games when playing Vancouver
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Colorado's last 10 games

NHL Sports Betting Vancouver at Colorado

NHL Sports Betting

Look for a goaltending duel tonight between Roberto Luongo and Jose Theodore for an under bet and a Avs win on the money line

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