NHL Hockey Playoffs, NHL Playoff Betting, Colorado Avalanche vs. Minnesota Wild

Apr 09, 2008 | By Stan Leung | Picks Articles Archive

NHL Hockey Playoffs

Colorado Avalanche (+105) vs. Minnesota Wild (-125)
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 9:00 PM EST
Over/Under: 5
NHL Betting Pick: Minnesota Wild -125

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The Wild are posed to make a great run and their first NHL playoff opponents are a team they should easily beat tonight especially at the Xcel Energy Center in the opening game of their first-round playoff series. Sportsbook oddsmakers and online sportsbooks currently have the Wild listed as 125 home moneyline favorites versus Colorado, with the game's total is sitting at 5.

Betting wise the Wild are a better coached team with one of the best coaching minds in the game to day in Jacques Lemaire. Lemaire has his team playing well and his well disciplined team will wear down the Avalanche and than use their outside wing speed to break down the Colorado defense. Head to head the Under has been 8-0 in the last 8 meetings at the Xcel Energy Center. The favorite is 10-1 in the last 11 meetings head to head and especially in the hockey rabid state the fans will be all over the Avalanche.

Betting wise this is a great game to bet the Wild on as the -125 is not as bad or as high as the betting odds should be. The Avalanche are 0-5 in the last 5 meetings in Minnesota and 1 and in last games over head to head. Colorado are an aging team and the hoped rely on the trio of Peter Forsberg, Adam Foote and Joe Sakic but they are too hold to match the speed of the Wild.

Minnesota, which went 4-0-1 in its last five games, will be hoping for a big series from Niklas Backstrom, who won a franchise-record 33 games this season. Backstrom was 1-4-0 with a 2.22 goals-against average in last year's playoffs, but is 18-2-6 with a 1.60 GAA in 28 career regular-season games in March and April.

Bottom Line: The Wild are just a better coached team and the hostile environment in St. Paul will be the deciding factor. With Marian Gaborik being healthy he will be the man to watchfor in this NHL betting game.

Take the Wild and the Under for some great NHL hockey betting action. Do the parlay in tonight's game

A few trends to consider:

The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Colorado's last 8 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Colorado is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Colorado's last 5 games
Colorado is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota
Minnesota is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Minnesota is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Minnesota's last 8 games when playing at home against Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota's last 6 games at home

NHL Playoff Betting at SBG Global

NHL Hockey Playoffs, NHL Playoff Betting, Colorado Avalanche vs. Minnesota Wild

NHL Hockey Playoffs

Take the Wild and the Under for some great NHL hockey betting action. Do the parlay in tonight's game

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