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Colorado Avalanche vs Minnesota Wild Best Bet: A Big Central Division Showdown

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Colorado Avalanche vs Minnesota Wild Best Bet: Wednesday, March 29th

After handing out a winning tip with odds of 2.66 on Monday our resident pucks expert Ej Garr has proven that he is the Mayor of Value City. But, if there was any doubt to that at all, you might fancy the odds that make up the best bet of Wednesday’s trio of NHL Hockey games being played. We’re headed to the Mile High City, Denver, Colorado, to seek out as much value as we can find to boost everyone’s ROI to the next level.

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Colorado Avalanche vs Minnesota Wild Preview

March 30, 03:07 (UK time)

Are you ready for this line I am offering as the best bet for tonight’s huge game in Denver between two teams locked in a battle for the Central Division crown? In actuality, the Avs, Wild, and Stars are all within a point of each other in search of a division title that comes with a nice seed in the Western Conference Playoffs around the corner.

Vegas, LA, and Edmonton are also only separated by three points for the Pacific Division crown, while the Knights are currently holding the 1-seed overall with 98 points. So, essentially there are six teams within four points of each other with about 8 or 9 games left to play in the regular season, and that makes for some exciting hockey to come down the stretch.

I am feeling frisky tonight as I hand this article in late on Tuesday night because I think we have an upset coming tonight in Denver and boy, do I have some sweet odds on this call of the day.

THE WILD WIN and BOTH TEAMS SCORE is listed at… oh, it’s only 3.26, pfft! Ha! Now talk about how I earn that good ole name of mine because when we cash this ticket tonight I want to have as many people as I can making this bet tonight.

How do we compare which team is playing better at the moment? The Wild has won four of their last five games, and four of those opponents are in their own chase for a spot in the postseason. Colorado has taken wins from eight of their last nine outings with one loss to the Penguins during this recent run of winning results.

Nate MacKinnon only needs five more points to reach the century mark for the campaign and keep in mind that he missed the first 12 games of the season. MacKinnon has played in 62 games and has been held off the score sheet only nine times the entire campaign, which just happened in the 4 – 3 win over Arizona a couple of nights ago.

These two teams account for the #1 and #2 defenses in the Western Conference, as the Wild have only allowed 199 goals just ahead of the 201 goals the Avalanche has allowed this year.

Marc-Andre Fleury and Alex Georgiev are listed as the probable net minders for this big game with the Division title at stake, and for some reason, I believe that Fleury will be the guy who comes with with the big effort tonight to help his team win a big game on the road.