The Colorado Avalanche and the San Jose Sharks will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at HP Pavilion.
Oddsmakers currently have the Sharks listed as 240-moneyline favorites versus the Avalanche, while the game’s total is sitting at 5½.
The Avalanche lost to Los Angeles 2-1 in overtime as a +100 underdog on Sunday. The three goals scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (5.5).
Ryan Stoa scored Colorado’s only goal and Craig Anderson allowed two goals on 33 shots.
Logan Couture scored the shootoout winner to lift the Sharks to a 3-2 win over the Coyotes on Saturday, as -190 favorites. The combined score went UNDER the posted over/under (5).
Devin Setoguchi and Patrick Marleau tallied for the Sharks. Evgeni Nabokov stopped 27 shots for the win.
Team records:
Colorado: 43-30-9
San Jose: 51-20-11
Colorado most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 4-6
Before playing Buffalo are 7-7-1
After playing Los Angeles are 3-7
After a loss are 3-7
San Jose most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 5-5
Before playing Toronto are 4-4-1
After playing Phoenix are 6-4
After a win are 7-3
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Colorado’s last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Colorado’s last 7 games when playing on the road against San Jose
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Colorado’s last 12 games
Colorado is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing San Jose
San Jose is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
San Jose is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of San Jose’s last 7 games when playing at home against Colorado
San Jose is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Next up:
San Jose home to Colorado, Friday, April 16
