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The Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche tussle in Game 4 of their best-of-7 Western Conference 2nd-round series Monday. Puck drop from Ball Arena is scheduled for 9:30 p.m. ET (ESPN). Below, we analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Stars vs. Avalanche odds, and make our expert NHL picks and predictions.
Series: Stars lead 2-1
After losing the opener at home 4-3 in overtime after frittering away a 3-0 lead, Dallas has rallied with back-to-back wins, including Saturday’s 4-1 Game 3 triumph in Denver. Dallas is 3-1 on the road in these playoffs.
Dating back to the regular season, the Avs have filed just 2 losing streaks longer than 2 games — a 3-game skid from Nov. 30-Dec. 3 and a 4-game slide from Feb. 5-10.
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Stars at Avalanche odds
Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 3:09 p.m. ET.
- Moneyline: Stars +115 (bet $100 to win $115) | Avalanche -135 (bet $135 to win $100)
- Puck line (PL)/Against the spread (ATS): Stars +1.5 (-210) | Avalanche -1.5 (+170)
- Over/Under (O/U): 6.5 (O: -105 | U: -115)
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Stars at Avalanche projected goalies
Jake Oettinger (35-14-4, 2.72 GAA, .905 SV%) vs. Alexandar Georgiev (38-18-5, 3.02 GAA, .897 SV%)
Oettinger has started all 3 games of the series and has rallied after the rough start to Game 1. On Saturday, the 25-year-old stopped 28 of 29 pucks. He is 6-4-0 with a 2.12 GAA and a .919 SV% in these playoffs.
Georgiev has allowed 9 goals on 74 shots in this series for a .878 SV%. He has started all 8 Colorado playoff games, going 5-3 with a 2.97 GAA and a .888 SV%.
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Stars at Avalanche picks and predictions
Prediction
Avalanche 4, Stars 3
Moneyline
During the regular season, Colorado went 3-1-0 against Dallas. In this series, a high-octane Avs offense has been undone by a 7.4% shooting mark in 5-on-5 action. Colorado has been getting the better chances and is a value in this down-in-the-series spot on home ice.
TAKE COLORADO (-135).
Puck line/Against the spread
No value here. Colorado minus the cushion would be the play with a return closer to +180. Currently, the Avs line is -1.5 (+170).
PASS.
Over/Under
The total has gone Over in 7 of Colorado’s last 9 games against Dallas. and in 12 of the Avs’ last 15 overall.
Both sides have been held up by low-conversion percentages on 5-on-5 high-danger looks. During these playoffs, the Avalanche has scored 4.50 goals per game on an average of 33.9 shots. The Avs have lit the lamp on 33.3% of their power-play attempts.
BACK OVER 6.5 (-105).
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