Colorado will host the next regular season match of the National Hockey League away from Buffalo. Our sports portal gives a forecast for the game.
Buffalo Sabres
The Blades are ranked 13th in the Eastern Conference table. This season, Don Granato's team played 23 matches in the regular season and scored 21 points. The previous meeting with the participation of "Buffalo" took place on December 1 — on this day he beat "Detroit" on the road (5:4 B). After two periods, the guests won 4-1, but squandered the advantage and allowed the opponent to get away from defeat in regular time. Nevertheless, in the shootout, luck turned out to be on the side of the "blades". Buffalo has won three of its last five games.
Colorado Avalanche
The Avalanches played their previous regular season match on November 30. On this day, Jared Bednar's team lost without options to Winnipeg in Canada — 0:5. The guests made 40 shots, but did not break through the home goalkeeper Connor Hellebike. Thus, Colorado suffered its second defeat in three matches. The team is currently ranked seventh in the Western Conference table. This season, the Avalanches played 20 games in the regular season and scored 25 points.
Statistics and figures:
- Bookmakers consider "Colorado" the favorite of the match.
- In the last face—to-face meetings, the Avalanches won 17 victories, the Blades - three.
- The previous game ended with a score of 5:3 in favor of Colorado.
Forecast
I will give preference to "avalanches". They have statistics on their side — seven wins in a row in matches with Buffalo.