Arizona Coyotes vs Colorado Avalanche Prediction: Expect a low-scoring game

Prediction for the NHL Arizona Coyotes vs Colorado Avalanche match, which will take place on December 28. Check the team conditions and choose several betting options.

Arizona is having its most regular season. The Coyotes haven't struggled to make the playoffs. They seemingly cheered up in mid-December, claiming three wins in four games, but they could not build on that local success with three straight losses. They stopped the series of defeats the day before when the team snatched a 2:1 win over Los Angeles in a home game. So far, Arizona is in 14th place in the Western Conference standings.

Colorado is spending this season as the reigning Stanley Cup Winner, but they cannot demonstrate the champion's game every time. The reasons for that are simple: short preseason preparation and a series of injuries of leading hockey players. For example, Gabriel Landeskog and Nathan MacKinnon are in the Avalanche's infirmary right now, and more recently, Valery Nichushkin has recovered. However, the Denver team is in good shape, confirmed by the current four-game winning streak. That productive stretch allows the team to sit in sixth place in the Western Conference standings.

Arizona and Colorado teams with different skill levels and ambitions. The Coyotes are eternal underdogs in the NHL and rarely qualify for the playoffs, and the current regular season is no exception, as they are only in 14th place in the conference. The Avalanche have contended for the championship over the past few years, and last season they finally made it to the long-awaited title. Moreover, now the team from Denver is in good shape, having won four games in a row, so even now, we should bet on the victory of Colorado with a handicap (-1,5) at odds of about 2.112.

Colorado continues to be haunted by injuries to leading hockey players, so Jared Bednar has to restructure the team's game to a more pragmatic one to cling to points consistently. The Avalanche have only scored ten goals (2.50 goals per game average) in their previous four meetings. Moreover, the last three meetings with the Coyotes were draws, so even now, the best option for the prediction seems to be the total under 5.5 pucks for 1.99, and separately it is worth looking at the bet on the total over 0.5 points of J.T. Compher for 1.71.

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