Colorado Avalanche vs Vancouver Canucks Betting Pick & Prediction 12/16/24

Planning on watching today’s Avalanche and Canucks game? Catch the action at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC, as the Canucks hosts this showdown at 10:30 ET on ESPN+. The Avalanche are favored by -1.5 in a Western conference showdown. The game’s over/under is currently at 6 goals.

COLORADO AVALANCHE VS VANCOUVER CANUCKS BETTING PICK

The Pick: Vancouver Canucks +1.5

This game will be played at Rogers Arena at 10:30 ET on Monday, December 16th.

WHY BET THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS:

• In spite of being 1.5 goal underdogs, we anticipate the Canucks winning this one 4-3.
• We like the Canucks on the moneyline (+116)
• The Canucks are also our pick on the spread at +1.5

Will Colorado Find a Way to Win on the Road?

With a 5-2 loss to the Predators, the Avalanche’s record dropped to 18-14-0. Colorado’s defense held strong in the first period, but the game’s total of 7 goals surpassed the pre-game line of 6.5.

As underdogs on the puck line, the Avalanche failed to cover. Colorado took the lead in the second period, but the Predators responded with five straight goals.

In their 5-2 loss to Nashville, Colorado took 30 shots on goal but only found the net twice. Cale Makar, with his 5th goal of the season, opened the scoring on a power play in the second period. Nathan MacKinnon added his 6th goal, coming late in the third period.

Makar also picked up his 16th assist on MacKinnon’s goal, while MacKinnon earned his 14th assist on Makar’s power-play goal. The Avalanche had 23 offensive giveaways in the game.

Colorado’s defense allowed the tying goal at 11:29 in the 2nd period and gave up four more after that, including two empty-netters. Justus Annunen made 21 saves with an 87.5% save percentage. The Avalanche also recorded 11 takeaways and 26 hits.

Will the Canucks Come Through as Home Underdogs?

With a 3-2 win over the Sharks, the Canucks improved to 15-9-5. Vancouver was favored on the puck line, but didn’t cover. The total was set at 6.5 goals, but the combined 5 goals fell short of that mark.

San Jose struck first, scoring at 17:23 in the second period. The Canucks responded with three goals, the last coming at 19:34 in the third period to break a 2-2 tie.

Pius Suter led the way for the Canucks with two goals, bringing his season total to four. He scored at 5:19 in the second period and again with just 26 seconds left in the game. Jake DeBrusk added his first goal of the season at 4:22 in the third period.

The Canucks fired 27 shots on goal but were held scoreless in the first period. They recorded 25 giveaways and finished with 6 assists.

Kevin Lankinen made 21 saves with a 91.3% save percentage, helping Vancouver to a 3-2 win over San Jose. The Canucks’ defense added 5 takeaways and 24 hits. They gave up the first goal at 2:37 into the 2nd period and another at 18:43 in the 3rd, but Pius Suter scored the game-winner with just 26 seconds left.