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Posted at 1:40 PM EST.

9:35 PM EST. OT included. Other than recent misleading results, there is nothing that suggests the Avs should be favored in this range. The Avs are more proof of how luck-driven this sport is. How else can one explain the Avs losing 18 of 21 games just prior to winning five of their last six and picking up 11 out of a possible 14 points over their last seven games. During their prolonged slump, the Avs were not getting any bounces and now they are. The numbers under the hood suggest they are playing at exactly the same level now as when they were losing 18 of 21. See the Avs 5-0 win in Nashville on Saturday? It was 60 minutes of domination by the Preds but the score suggested otherwise. The same can be said about Colorado’s recent 5-3 win over the Blackhawks. That victory was also purely luck-driven. Colorado has allowed 38 shots on net or more in five of their last six and that’s simply not a winning formula. They were actually playing better when they were losing.

The Canucks are the polar opposite. It’s quite remarkable that they have managed to stick around in the playoff race, even though there haven’t been many players producing outside of Bo Horvat, Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser and goalie Jacob Markstrom. Still, Vancouver is going nose-to-nose with all opponents these days. They’re coming off a 4-0 win over the Ducks. Prior, they played the Islanders, outshot them 36-22, out-chanced them 31-14 and lost 4-0. They also went into San Jose last week and outshot and out-chanced them in a 3-2 loss. The Canucks are allowing far less scoring chances against than the Avs over the past two weeks and they have an edge in goal too. Throw in the Canucks grit and it makes them very worthy of taking back this price against a team as beatable as the Avs are.

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