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Colorado Avalanche vs. Arizona Coyotes
If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Saturday when the Colorado Avalanche and the Arizona Coyotes meet at Gila River Arena.
Oddsmakers opened the Avalanche as -175-moneyline favorites versus the Coyotes, while the game's total opened at 5.5.
The Avalanche were a 3-2 winner in their most recent outing on the road against the Coyotes. That made winners of bettors who got Colorado at -166 on the moneyline, while the total score (5) was good news for UNDER bettors.
Colorado:
Team record: 10-6-1 SU
Colorado is 1-7 ATS in its last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Colorado's last 7 games
Colorado is 2-7 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
Arizona:
Team record: 9-8-3 SU
Arizona is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 15 of Arizona's last 23 games
Arizona is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Next up:
Colorado at San Jose Monday, March 1
Arizona at Los Angeles Wednesday, March 3