The San Jose Sharks (3-4-0) travel to meet the Colorado Avalanche (4-3-0) at Ball Arena Thursday for a 9 p.m. ET puck drop. Below, we analyze the Sharks-Avalanche NHL odds and lines, with picks and predictions.
Sharks at Avalanche: Odds, spread and lines
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 3:56 a.m. ET.
- Money line: Sharks +210 (bet $100 to win $210) | Avalanche -250 (bet $250 to win $100)
- Against the spread/ATS: Sharks +1.5 (-130) | Avalanche -1.5 (+105)
- Over/Under: 6.5 (O: +100 | U: -120)
Sharks at Avalanche: Projected starting goalies
Devan Dubnyk (0-2-0, 3.29 GAA, .894 SV%) at Philipp Grubauer (4-2-0, 2.17 GAA, .919 SV%)
Dubnyk is likely to be tabbed for the start after G Martin Jones was pounded for five goals on just 19 shots before getting pulled early in the second period of Tuesday’s 7-3 loss in the front end of this back-to-back set. Dubnyk came on and yielded two goals on 23 shots in his 34:12 of action.
Grubauer turned aside 27 of the 30 Sharks shots he faced, and he received all the offensive support he could possibly need. He has allowed three or fewer goals in each of his past five starts since a setback in the opener against the St. Louis Blues Jan. 13 when he coughed up four goals.
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Sharks at Avalanche: Odds, lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
Avalanche 5, Sharks 2
Money line (ML)
The Avalanche (-250) laying this kind of number is just too much, even though they’re a good bet to win. Look to the puck line instead for a much better value. PASS.
Against the spread (ATS)
The AVALANCHE -1.5 (+105) at near even-money is a much better play than risking two and a half times your return on the money line. While Colorado has covered the puck line in just two of its four wins to date, one of those covers came in Tuesday’s 7-3 win vs. the Sharks.
Over/Under (O/U)
OVER 6.5 (+100) is the lean, although play it lightly. Grubauer hasn’t been in a very giving mood, so Colorado will have to do the heavy lifting. While the Avs broke out for seven goals Tuesday, they have scored three or fewer in five of their seven games overall. The good news is that the Over is 7-3-1 in the past 11 meetings in Colorado, and 19-7-3 in the past 29 overall in this series.
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