Colorado at New Jersey

Colorado lost 3-2 at Philadelphia on Monday, giving the Flyers their second straight win after nine consecutive losses to open the season. The Avalanche play again tonight, and the season-long picture looks different. Colorado is 5-3-1 and scoring 4.2 goals per game through nine games, with Nathan MacKinnon at 16 points and Artturi Lehkonen and Martin Necas on his line. New Jersey is 4-4-0 and lost 4-2 at Washington on Saturday. It has allowed 27 goals in eight games, 3.4 per game against a league average of 3.1. Its team save percentage is .865, while the league figure is .887. The Devils outshoot opponents 280-200 and have turned that into 25 goals, an 8.9% shooting rate against a league average of 11.3%. They have also been shorthanded 23 times and allowed seven power-play goals. That is a 69.6% penalty kill against a league average of 79.39%. Colorado has the top-end skill to punish a defense that gives up this many goals and this many power-play chances. Against that penalty kill, I'm on Colorado on the moneyline tonight.