Colorado Avalanche at Philadelphia Flyers - 12/5/22 NHL Picks and Prediction

The Colorado Avalanche are averaging 3.3 goals per game and are scoring on 32.5 percent of their power play opportunities. Mikko Rantanen leads Colorado with 14 goals, Nathan MacKinnon has 25 assists and Cale Maker has 62 shots on goal. Defensively, the Colorado Avalanche are allowing 2.8 goals per game and are killing 76.5 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Alexandar Georgiev has allowed 39 goals on 502 shots faced, and Pavel Francouz has given up 21 goals on 226 shots.

The Philadelphia Flyers are averaging 2.4 goals per game and are scoring on 13.3 percent of their power play opportunities. Travis Konecny leads Philadelphia with 9 goals, Kevin Hayes has 17 assists and Scott Laughton has 55 shots on goal. Defensively, the Philadelphia Flyers are allowing 3.2 goals per game and are killing 73.3 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Carter Hart has allowed 50 goals on 564 shots faced, and Felix Sandstrom has given up 25 goals on 226 shots.

The Avalanche are 36-17 in their last 53 road games and 81-33 in their last 114 overall. The Flyers are 1-6 in their last 7 home games and 20-57 in their last 77 overall. The under is 7-2-1 in Avalanche last 10 overall. The under is 5-1 in Flyers last 6 overall. The Avalanche are 5-1 in the last 6 meetings. The favorite is 11-5 in the last 16 meetings. The home team is 15-7 in the last 22 meetings.

The Colorado Avalanche are the clear better team here and far more trustworthy, and they've shown time and time again they can beat up on lesser teams. The Philadelphia Flyers are going nowhere fast as the losses get out of control and the offense is nonexistent these days. Backing the Flyers is simply not an option right now. Give me the Avs and the PL for max betting value.