Colorado pays a visit to Minnesota on Monday, hoping to shut down the Wild bats in hockey action at Xcel Energy Center.

This season the Wild are 20-11-5 overall while the Avalanche are 18-17-1. As for the totals, Minnesota is 12-16-8 on the OU, and Colorado is 15-18-3.



View Colorado vs Minnesota Odds and Stats.

Betting Line:
If you're going with the Wild in this one, they're listed as moneyline favorites of -135 on most hockey betting menus for Monday's contest.

Power Rankings:
This game matches up the No. 22 (Wild) and the No. 12 (Avalanche) teams according to our current NHL Power Rankings.



How They Match Up:
Offensively, the game matches up Minnesota's No. 27-ranked offense (2.4 goals per game) against a Avalanche defense that ranks No. 20 at 2.9 goals per game allowed. The Wild Sportsbook has clicked at a 15.6% rate while the Avalanche have a 80.9% rate on the penalty kill.

Last time out for Colorado, they were a 2-1 Sportsbook as they battled the Lightning at home. Moneyline bettors who got the Avalanche at -125 were rewarded, while the 3 combined goals moved the game UNDER for totals bettors.

The Wild were a 4-1 loser in their most recent outing on the road against the Oilers. That made Sportsbooks of bettors who got Edmonton at -122 on the moneyline, while the total score (5) was good news for PUSH bettors.


Colorado Avalanche Trends:
When playing on Monday are 3-7
Before playing Buffalo are 7-3
After playing Tampa Bay are 5-5-1
After a win are 5-5

Minnesota Wild Trends:
When playing on Monday are 3-7
Before playing Florida are 4-4-2
After playing Edmonton are 3-7
After a loss are 3-7

A few Avalanche at Wild trends to consider:
Colorado is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Colorado's last 17 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Colorado's last 10 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Colorado's last 9 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Minnesota is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Colorado
Minnesota is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Minnesota's last 17 games when playing Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 6 games


Next up:
Colorado home to Winnipeg, Tuesday, December 27
Minnesota at Nashville, Wednesday, December 28