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Colorado Avalanche vs Pittsburgh Penguins Best Bet: Penguins Fadin From Playoffs

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Colorado Avalanche vs Pittsburgh Penguins Best Bet: Wednesday, March 22nd

Our resident pucks expert Ej Garr is putting up tremendous hockey stats over the last two months, and he’s headed out west to Denver, Colorado, for his next big tip. With the Penguins starting to fall out of the race toward the playoffs, the Avalanche are chasing a Central Division title earning wins from their last six games. Let’s take it to the ice and see what Ej has in store for us on Wednesday.

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March 23, 01:07 (UK time)

I assume you enjoyed cashing another 2.15 offer from yours truly on Monday, and if you are tailing my bets over the last two months, well, you’re welcome! I am not going to be posting a plus-money offer today but the 1.91 odds I am giving you today still work quite nicely.

Are you ready for this? So I am in New York and I have a BetMGM account that I use exclusively for hockey betting. There are only two games on the NHL slate for Wednesday, so it gave me plenty of time to look around and pick out the best bet that we can put on the board today.

Marathon has the Avalanche Win + Over 4.5 goals at odds of 2.375, and I am sorry, but if all we need is a 2 – 2 game with overtime and the Avs to earn that second point with a third goal, that is SOLD! Give me my gavel, and I will drop it down!

Pittsburgh is working its way out of the playoff picture, and oh, by the way, do you have my future bet pending that I handed out? I told you that both Calgary and Pittsburgh fail to make the post-season, and both lines were over 4.00! Calgary is falling apart at the seams, and now the Penguins are doing the same, and the last place any struggling team needs to play is in Denver right now.

Tristan Jarry is struggling mightily to get wins, as he has lost 4 of his last five games, and he took part in the loss to the Rangers, 6 – 0, coming on for Casey DeSmith, who got yanked early! I have zero confidence in Jarry, and he is listed as the probable starter in the net for the Penguins tonight.

Alex Georgiev has won his last five starts, and he has accumulated three shutouts to his credit over his last 10 appearances. Not only is he putting up tremendous numbers of late, but the offense is doing a ton to support his cause. It always helps when you have a team that can drop 5 goals on any team, in any building, and being at home will help Alex grab yet another win tonight against the struggling Penguins.