NHL Betting Preview: Avalanche vs Sharks

The Colorado Avalanche go up against the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center, with face-off scheduled for 16:00 on Saturday, November 1. Our betting preview features expert NHL predictions, betting tips, the latest odds, H2H stats, player stats, team news and the starting lineups.

Avs Look a Great Wager to Land Victory

We are going to bet against the Sharks with our prediction. The best way of doing this is by siding with their opponents and we like the -128 about the Avalanche winning on the 3-Way Moneyline.

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Avs Boast Outstanding Record Against Sharks

Colorado Avalanche have triumphed in back-to-back games. The latest was on the road where Vegas Golden Knights were beaten 4-2 at T-Mobile Arena. Cale Makar was on target along with three of his teammates.

San Jose Sharks last game saw them claim a 5-2 home win over New Jersey Devils at SAP Center. The goals were shared around between five players including Will Smith. Goalie Alex Nedeljkovic made a total of 29 saves (.935).

Head-to-Head Statistics

It was a 7-3 win for the Avs at Ball Arena when they last played the Sharks. The past 10 clashes between these teams have resulted in a Avs win each time.

Starting Goalies

Mackenzie Blackwood (Confirmed)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	28-21-6	2.6	.912	4
23/24	10-25-1	3.45	.899	2

Yaroslav Askarov (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	1-4-1	4.7	.844	0
23/24	1-0-0	1.47	.943	0

Colorado Avalanche – Last 10 Games

5 wins, 1 loss and 4 overtime losses, averaging 3.9 goals from 35.6 shots on goal, with a 14.3% powerplay efficiency. The Avs have been giving up 2.8 goals from 24.8 shots, averaging 3.6 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 94.4%.

Nathan MacKinnon is the top points scorer with 15 points, 8 goals and 7 assists, with Cale Makar racking up 14 points, 4 goals and 10 assists, over the last 10 games. Goalie Scott Wedgewood have a 2.90 goal against average with a .882 save percentage.

San Jose Sharks – Last 10 Games

The Sharks have 3 wins, 6 losses and 1 overtime loss, averaging 3.4 goals from 26.2 shots on goal, with a 17.5% powerplay efficiency. They have conceded 4.4 goals from 31.0 shots, averaging 3.7 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 67.6%.

The top points scorer is Macklin Celebrini with 17 points, 6 goals and 11 assists, while William Eklund is next in line after registering 10 points, 5 goals and 5 assists. Goalie Yaroslav Askarov have a 4.69 GAA with a .844 SV%.

Colorado Avalanche vs San Jose Sharks Prediction & Picks

We dive into the best Colorado Avalanche vs San Jose Sharks betting angles, including an expert match prediction, correct score forecast, top player prop bets and a value-focused bet builder.

Game Prediction

There is -128 available when it comes to Colorado Avalanche on the 60-minute line. We believe that the visitors has a strong chance of winning this NHL encounter and the odds makes plenty of appeal.

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Key Avalanche vs Sharks stats:

Avalanche have won 11 of their last 20 games.
Avalanche have won 2 consecutive games.
Sharks have lost 9 of their last 10 games at home.
Sharks have lost 17 of their last 20 games.
Sharks have lost their last 10 games against Avalanche.

Avs 3-Way Moneyline Probability

According to the top NHL sportsbooks, there’s a 56.2% likelihood of our pick landing a return. However, our analysts research has found that the actual probability is between 60-65%. It is therefore regarded as a value wager.

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Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Macklin Celebrini Over 2.5 Shots -164

Macklin Celebrini (Sharks) has recorded Over 2.5 shots on goal in 6 straight games. There is odds of -164 available when it comes to this Shots on Goal wager and we think he’ll cover the line.

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Same Game Parlay Picks

3-Way Moneyline Avalanche

To Score Martin Necas

Shots on Goal Macklin Celebrini Over 2.5

Our same game parlay pick is the Avalanche on the 60-minute line, Martin Necas (Avalanche) to find the net and Macklin Celebrini (Sharks) to have Over 2.5 shots.

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Correct Score Prediction

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Our correct score prediction is a 3-1 win for the Avalanche which is available at odds of +1700. We think they’ll achieve victory and this is a way of getting bigger odds and more excitement.

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Colorado Avalanche vs San Jose Sharks Odds

The odds and lines are updated on a frequent basis. You might therefore find that they are different to the ones listed for the above betting predictions.

Avs Big Favorites on the Moneyline

The latest Moneyline betting odds give Colorado Avalanche a 70% chance of winning this game which means they’re overwhelming -233 favorites with the sportsbooks. San Jose Sharks are trading at bigger odds than their opponents and they can be backed at +188.

The puck line is 1.5 and the total goals line is 6.5. There are many ways to wager on hockey including Totals. There’s an opportunity to bet Over 6.5 at -114.

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Moneyline

3-Way Moneyline

Puck Line

Total Goals

Nathan MacKinnon Favorite to Score the First Goal

Nathan MacKinnon is priced at +800 when it comes to First Goalscorer. He’s the favorite and also available at odds of -100 to light the lamp at anytime.

Player Goals

Nathan MacKinnon (Avalanche)

Valeri Nichushkin (Avalanche)

Martin Necas (Avalanche)

Macklin Celebrini (Sharks)

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Player Assists

Cale Makar (Avalanche)

Nathan MacKinnon (Avalanche)

Martin Necas (Avalanche)

Macklin Celebrini (Sharks)

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Player Shots

Nathan MacKinnon (Avalanche)

Cale Makar (Avalanche)

Martin Necas (Avalanche)

Macklin Celebrini (Sharks)

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Micro Betting

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Last 5 Games

Avalanche

NHL: 31/10 Avalanche4 Golden Knights 2
NHL: 29/10 Devils4 Avalanche 8
NHL: 26/10 Avalanche3 Devils 4
NHL: 25/10 Avalanche2 Bruins 3
NHL: 24/10 Hurricanes5 Avalanche 4

Sharks

NHL: 31/10 Devils2 Sharks 5
NHL: 29/10 Kings4 Sharks 3
NHL: 26/10 Sharks6 Wild 5
NHL: 25/10 Sharks1 Devils 3
NHL: 24/10 Sharks6 Rangers 5

Head to Head

Colorado vs San Jose

NHL: 07/03 2025 Sharks 3 Avalanche 7
NHL: 20/12 2024 Avalanche 4 Sharks 2
NHL: 21/10 2024 Avalanche 4 Sharks 1
NHL: 01/01 2024 Sharks 1 Avalanche 3
NHL: 18/12 2023 Sharks 2 Avalanche 6
NHL: 15/10 2023 Avalanche 2 Sharks 1
NHL: 07/04 2023 Avalanche 6 Sharks 2
NHL: 05/04 2023 Avalanche 4 Sharks 3
NHL: 08/03 2023 Sharks 0 Avalanche 6
NHL: 01/04 2022 Sharks 2 Avalanche 4

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Colorado Avalanche Stats

San Jose Sharks Stats

Moneyline

5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 games
4 wins and 6 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

3 wins and 7 defeats in the last 10 games
1 win and 9 defeats in the last 10 home games

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 5 of the last 10 games
-1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 4 of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

+1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 6 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 6 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 6.90 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 6.00 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 6.5: Covered in 5 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 on the Road: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.90 goals and allowed 3.00 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 3.00 pts and allowed 3.00 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 7.80 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 6.20 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 6.5: Covered in 7 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 at Home: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.40 goals and allowed 4.40 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 2.30 goals and allowed 3.90 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.6
Shots: 35.6
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3.6
Empty Net Goals: 0.3
Penalty Minutes: 6.9
Blocks: 19
Faceoff Wins : 31.3
Hits: 18.2
Giveaways: 15.5
Takeaways: 5.4

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.2
Shots: 30.4
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 4.4
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 10.1
Blocks: 17.6
Faceoff Wins : 29.6
Hits: 25.4
Giveaways: 16.7
Takeaways: 6.7

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.7
Shots: 26.2
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 3.7
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 8.8
Blocks: 14.1
Faceoff Wins : 28.1
Hits: 20.5
Giveaways: 16.9
Takeaways: 3.8

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 26.4
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3.1
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 7.8
Blocks: 14.7
Faceoff Wins : 26.8
Hits: 19.2
Giveaways: 15.7
Takeaways: 3.9

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Colorado Avalanche Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
29	Nathan MacKinnon	12	21.68	9	9	18	10
8	Cale Makar	12	25.46	4	13	17	14
88	Martin Necas	12	21.13	8	8	16	10

62	Artturi Lehkonen	12	19.4	4	7	11	11
95	Victor Olofsson	12	13.64	3	7	10	-2
13	Valeri Nichushkin	12	18.18	5	3	8	3
84	Brent Burns	12	20.25	1	5	6	0
20	Ross Colton	12	12.27	1	4	5	0
70	Sam Malinski	12	15.07	1	4	5	3
17	Parker Kelly	12	11.44	2	2	4	2
11	Brock Nelson	12	19.25	3	1	4	5
18	Jack Drury	12	14.53	1	3	4	-2
92	Gabriel Landeskog	12	14.21	0	3	3	-1
54	Gavin Brindley	12	8.68	1	1	2	-2
93	Zakhar Bardakov	7	6.07	1	1	2	1
7	Devon Toews	12	23.4	0	2	2	10
42	Josh Manson	12	18.07	1	1	2	0
18	Jack Ahcan	2	12.65	0	1	1	0
28	Ilya Solovyov	8	11.86	0	0	0	-5
94	Joel Kiviranta	5	10.78	0	0	0	1
49	Samuel Girard	2	18.8	0	0	0	1

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
50	Trent Miner	2	2.12	0.909
39	Mackenzie Blackwood	-	-	-
41	Scott Wedgewood	11	2.53	0.9

San Jose Sharks Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
71	Macklin Celebrini	11	20.71	6	11	17	1
72	William Eklund	11	19.75	5	6	11	-5
2	Will Smith	11	17.86	4	6	10	2

9	Dmitri Orlov	11	22.87	0	9	9	3
21	Alexander Wennberg	11	20.21	3	4	7	-4
96	Philipp Kurashev	9	17.86	3	3	6	4
73	Tyler Toffoli	11	17.2	4	2	6	-2
53	Jeff Skinner	10	13.47	3	2	5	-4
10	Ty Dellandrea	11	13.12	0	4	4	-4
81	Adam Gaudette	9	10.7	3	1	4	-3
51	Collin Graf	10	14.67	1	2	3	-1
38	Mario Ferraro	11	21.01	1	2	3	-4
37	Timothy Liljegren	8	22.85	0	3	3	0
	Michael Misa	6	12	1	2	3	0
3	John Klingberg	5	21	1	1	2	-3
75	Ryan Reaves	10	6.71	2	0	2	-3
4	Nick Leddy	7	17.2	0	2	2	-4
85	Shakir Mukhamadullin	2	14.6	0	2	2	2
23	Barclay Goodrow	11	11.35	0	1	1	-4
5	Vincent Desharnais	7	16.54	0	1	1	-1
30	Yaroslav Askarov	6	59.65	0	0	0	0
6	Sam Dickinson	9	14.09	0	0	0	-4
	Vincent Iorio	6	16.33	0	0	0	-3
54	Patrick Giles	1	10.2	0	0	0	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
33	Alex Nedeljkovic	5	3.6	0.887

Injuries & Suspensions

Colorado Avalanche Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Joel Kiviranta

Injured

Samuel Girard

Injured

Logan O'Connor

Injured

San Jose Sharks Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Nick Leddy

Injured

Logan Couture

Injured

Carey Price

Injured

Ryan Ellis

Injured

Adam Gaudette

Injured

Ryan Reaves

Injured

Starting Lineups

Both teams’ confirmed lineups will be published ahead of face-off. There is also the chance to look at the lineups from the previous 10 games.

Previous Colorado Avalanche Lineups

31 Oct NHL

Avalanche 4-2 Golden Knights

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Pittsburgh	12	8	2	2	18	0.75	8	8	44	31	13	3-1-1	5-1-1	0-2	6-4	1W
2 New Jersey	11	8	3	0	16	0.727	7	8	41	35	6	5-0-0	3-3-0	0-0	8-2	2L
3 Carolina	10	7	3	0	14	0.7	4	6	40	30	10	3-1-0	4-2-0	1-0	7-3	1W
4 Philadelphia	10	6	3	1	13	0.65	3	4	30	24	6	6-1-0	0-2-1	2-0	6-4	3W
5 Columbus	10	6	4	0	12	0.6	4	5	35	31	4	2-3-0	4-1-0	1-0	6-4	3W
6 Washington	11	6	5	0	12	0.545	5	6	28	25	3	3-4-0	3-1-0	0-0	6-4	3L
7 NY Rangers	12	5	5	2	12	0.5	4	5	28	29	-1	0-4-1	5-1-1	0-0	4-6	2W
8 NY Islanders	11	5	5	1	11	0.5	5	5	37	40	-3	3-2-0	2-3-1	0-1	5-5	1W

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Montreal	11	8	3	0	16	0.727	4	8	40	33	7	3-1-0	5-2-0	0-0	8-2	2W
2 Detroit	12	8	4	0	16	0.667	6	7	41	39	2	5-1-0	3-3-0	1-0	7-3	1L
3 Ottawa	12	6	5	1	13	0.542	4	4	45	47	-2	4-2-1	2-3-0	2-0	5-5	1W
4 Tampa Bay	11	5	4	2	12	0.545	3	5	31	31	0	3-3-0	2-1-2	0-0	5-5	4W
5 Boston	13	6	7	0	12	0.462	4	6	43	47	-4	5-3-0	1-4-0	0-0	3-7	2W
6 Florida	11	5	5	1	11	0.5	5	5	27	31	-4	4-1-1	1-4-0	0-1	4-6	1L
7 Buffalo	11	4	4	3	11	0.5	4	4	33	35	-2	4-2-1	0-2-2	0-0	4-6	3L
8 Toronto	11	5	5	1	11	0.5	3	5	38	42	-4	5-2-1	0-3-0	0-0	4-6	1L

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Colorado	12	7	1	4	18	0.75	7	7	45	32	13	3-0-2	4-1-2	0-2	5-5	2W
2 Winnipeg	11	8	3	0	16	0.727	7	8	40	28	12	4-3-0	4-0-0	0-0	8-2	2W
3 Utah	11	8	3	0	16	0.727	6	8	40	30	10	4-0-0	4-3-0	0-0	8-2	1L
4 Dallas	11	6	3	2	14	0.636	5	5	30	32	-2	3-2-1	3-1-1	1-0	5-5	1L
5 Chicago	11	5	4	2	12	0.545	4	5	36	32	4	3-2-1	2-2-1	0-1	5-5	1L
6 Nashville	12	4	6	2	10	0.417	3	3	29	41	-12	3-3-1	1-3-1	1-0	3-7	3L
7 Minnesota	12	3	6	3	9	0.375	2	2	32	47	-15	1-3-2	2-3-1	1-0	2-8	5L
8 St Louis	11	3	6	2	8	0.364	3	3	32	48	-16	1-4-2	2-2-0	0-1	3-7	6L

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Vegas	11	6	2	3	15	0.682	5	6	39	32	7	3-1-1	3-1-2	0-1	6-4	1L
2 LA Kings	12	5	3	4	14	0.583	2	4	36	40	-4	0-2-2	5-1-2	1-3	4-6	1L
3 Anaheim	10	6	3	1	13	0.65	4	5	37	33	4	2-1-0	4-2-1	1-0	6-4	2W
4 Seattle	10	5	2	3	13	0.65	3	5	28	29	-1	3-0-1	2-2-2	0-1	5-5	1L
5 Edmonton	12	5	4	3	13	0.542	4	5	38	39	-1	3-0-2	2-4-1	0-1	4-6	1L
6 Vancouver	12	6	6	0	12	0.5	3	4	33	36	-3	2-3-0	4-3-0	2-0	5-5	1W
7 San Jose	11	3	6	2	8	0.364	1	3	37	48	-11	1-3-2	2-3-0	0-0	3-7	1W
8 Calgary	12	2	8	2	6	0.25	1	1	27	43	-16	1-3-1	1-5-1	1-1	1-9	2L

Colorado Avalanche

San Jose Sharks

NHL Betting Preview: Avalanche vs Sharks

Head-to-Head Statistics

Starting Goalies

Colorado Avalanche vs San Jose Sharks Prediction & Picks

Game Prediction

Avs 3-Way Moneyline Probability

Best Bet

Player Prop Picks

Latest Macklin Celebrini Player Prop Odds

Same Game Parlay Picks

Correct Score Prediction

Latest Correct Score Odds

Colorado Avalanche vs San Jose Sharks Odds

Avs Big Favorites on the Moneyline

Player Goals

Player Assists

Player Shots

Micro Betting

Last 5 & H2H

Head to Head

Team News

Injuries & Suspensions

Colorado Avalanche Injury Table

San Jose Sharks Injury Table

Starting Lineups

Previous Colorado Avalanche Lineups

Previous San Jose Sharks Lineups

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